Accra remains a hotspot for COVID-19 – Ghana Health Service

The current Covid-19 active cases, according to Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), are largely concentrated in Accra, with four and three other instances in the Eastern and Western regions, respectively.

Children aged zero to 15 years account for 18.1 percent of the 267 cases in Accra alone, according to him.

In the Accra Metropolitan Area, the average daily incidence jumped from 1.3 in April to 13.3 in May and 44 cases per day in June 2022.

At a press conference on Wednesday, June 8, Dr. Kuma-Aboagye revealed that the Omicron form is the most prevalent among the country's 452 active cases [as of June 6].

There isn't a single example that is severe or critical. Since March 2022, no deaths have been reported.

"Over the last two weeks, we've witnessed an increase in the number of cases." We have roughly 400 active cases right now, but this is primarily an Accra issue — it's primarily an Accra spike, not [the full] Greater Accra," he explained.

According to the Director-General, new cases were largely reported in schools and workplaces, but the Kotoka International Airport had a low positive rate.

As a result, he attributed the recent increase in instances to seasonal variables.

"At the start of the rainy season, Ghana sees a rise in respiratory tract infections, with maxima around July." "The current spike in Influenza infections picked up from the existing Influenza and another respiratory virus sentinel site demonstrates this," he stated.

Influenza and Monkeypox

He went on to say that the country is now dealing with three different illness outbreaks, including the Covid-19, Influenza A H3N2, and monkeypox.

There have been 773 cases of Influenza A H3N2, with the first case being reported in January in the Eastern Region.

"The uprising began in April. Eastern (33.1%), Greater Accra (29.5%), and Volta (29.5%) each reported about 74.5 percent of cases (11.9 percent ). "Except for the Upper East, Upper West, and North East regions, cases have been confirmed in all regions," he continued.

Meanwhile, there have been five confirmed instances of monkeypox in the country.

One of them was captured on tape by a Ghanaian who traveled to the United States from Ghana.