COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana, one from Norway and the other from Turkey.[2]

COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Ghana
First outbreak	Norway/Turkey/France
Index case	Accra
Arrival date	12 March 2020 (5 months and 3 days)
Confirmed cases	42,063 (as of 15 August)[1]
Active cases	1,839 (as of 15 August)[1]
Recovered	39,993 (as of 15 August)[1]
Deaths	231 (as of 15 August)[1]
Government website
https://ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness that affected a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. This was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[3] On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel COVID-19 a pandemic.[4]

Timeline and highlight of events

For a chronological guide to this subject, see Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

Some of the highlights of events over the months after Ghana recorded its first case are mentioned below.

COVID-19 cases in Ghana  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Aug Aug Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-12		​	2(n.a.)
⋮		​	2(=)
2020-03-15		​	6(+200%)
2020-03-16		​	6(=)
2020-03-17		​	7(+17%)
2020-03-18		​	9(+29%)
2020-03-19		​	11(+22%)
2020-03-20		​	16(+45%)
2020-03-21		​ ​	21(+31%)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-22		​ ​	24(+14%)	1(=)
⋮		​ ​	24(=)	1(=)
2020-03-25		​ ​	68(+183%)	1(=)
2020-03-26		​ ​ ​	132(+94%)	4(+300%)
2020-03-27		​ ​ ​	137(+3.8%)	4(=)
2020-03-28		​ ​ ​	141(+2.9%)	5(+25%)
2020-03-29		​ ​ ​	152(+7.8%)	5(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	152(=)	5(=)
2020-04-01		​ ​ ​	195(+28%)	5(=)
2020-04-02		​ ​ ​	204(+4.6%)	5(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	204(=)	5(=)
2020-04-05		​ ​ ​	214(+4.9%)	5(=)
2020-04-06		​ ​ ​	214(=)	5(=)
2020-04-07		​ ​ ​	287(+34%)	5(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	287(=)	5(=)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	834(+191%)	9(+80%)
2020-04-19		​ ​ ​	1,042(+25%)	9(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	1,042(=)	9(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	1,154(+11%)	9(=)
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	1,154(=)	9(=)
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	1,279(+11%)	10(+11%)
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	1,279(=)	9(-10%)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	1,550(+21%)	11(+22%)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	1,550(=)	11(=)
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	1,671(+7.8%)	16(+45%)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	1,671(=)	16(=)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	2,074(+24%)	17(+6.2%)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	2,074(=)	17(=)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	2,169(+4.6%)	18(+5.9%)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	2,169(=)	18(=)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	2,719(+25%)	18(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	2,719(=)	18(=)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	3,091(+14%)	18(=)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	3,091(=)	18(=)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	4,012(+30%)	18(=)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	4,263(+6.3%)	22(+22%)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	4,263(=)	22(=)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	4,700(+10%)	22(=)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	5,127(+9.1%)	22(=)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	5,408(+5.5%)	24(+9.1%)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	5,530(+2.3%)	24(=)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	5,638(+2%)	28(+17%)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	5,735(+1.7%)	29(+3.6%)
⋮		​ ​ ​	5,735(=)	29(=)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	6,096(+6.3%)	31(+6.9%)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	6,269(+2.8%)	31(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	6,269(=)	31(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	6,269(=)	31(=)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	6,486(+3.5%)	31(=)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	6,617(+2%)	31(=)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	6,683(+1%)	32(+3.2%)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	6,808(+1.9%)	32(=)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	7,117(+4.5%)	34(+6.2%)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	7,303(+2.6%)	34(=)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	7,303(=)	34(=)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	7,616(+4.3%)	34(=)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	7,768(+2%)	35(+2.9%)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	7,881(+1.5%)	36(+2.9%)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	8,070(+2.4%)	36(=)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	8,297(+2.8%)	38(+5.6%)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	8,548(+3%)	38(=)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	8,885(+3.9%)	38(=)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	9,168(+3.2%)	42(+11%)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	9,462(+3.2%)	44(+4.8%)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	9,638(+1.9%)	44(=)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	9,910(+2.8%)	48(+9.1%)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	10,201(+2.9%)	48(=)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	10,201(=)	48(=)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	10,358(+1.5%)	48(=)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	10,856(+4.8%)	48(=)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	11,118(+2.4%)	48(=)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	11,422(+2.7%)	51(+6.2%)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	11,964(+4.7%)	54(+5.9%)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	12,193(+1.9%)	58(+7.4%)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	12,590(+3.3%)	66(+14%)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	12,929(+2.7%)	66(=)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	13,203(+2.1%)	70(+6.1%)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	13,717(+3.9%)	85(+21%)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	14,007(+2.1%)	85(=)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	14,154(+1%)	85(=)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	14,568(+2.9%)	95(+12%)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	15,013(+3.1%)	95(=)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	15,473(+3.1%)	95(=)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	15,834(+2.3%)	103(+8.4%)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	16,431(+3.8%)	103(=)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	16,742(+1.9%)	112(+8.7%)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	17,351(+3.6%)	112(=)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	17,741(+2.2%)	112(=)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	18,134(+2.2%)	117(+4.5%)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	18,134(=)	117(=)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	18,630(+2.7%)	117(=)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	19,388(+4.1%)	117(=)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	20,085(+3.6%)	122(+4.3%)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	21,077(+4.9%)	129(+5.7%)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	21,968(+4.2%)	129(=)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	22,822(+3.9%)	129(=)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	23,463(+2.8%)	129(=)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	23,834(+1.6%)	135(+4.7%)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	24,248(+1.7%)	135(=)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	24,518(+1.1%)	139(+3%)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	24,988(+1.9%)	139(=)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	25,252(+1.1%)	139(=)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	25,430(+0.7%)	139(=)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	26,125(+2.7%)	139(=)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	26,572(+1.7%)	144(+3.6%)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	27,060(+1.8%)	145(+0.69%)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	27,667(+2.2%)	148(+2.1%)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	28,430(+2.8%)	153(+3.4%)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	28,989(+2%)	153(=)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	29,672(+2.4%)	153(=)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	30,366(+2.3%)	153(=)
2020-07-24		​ ​ ​	31,057(+2.3%)	161(+5.2%)
2020-07-25		​ ​ ​	31,851(+2.6%)	161(=)
2020-07-26		​ ​ ​	32,487(+2%)	161(=)
2020-07-27		​ ​ ​	32,969(+1.5%)	168(+4.3%)
2020-07-28		​ ​ ​	33,624(+2%)	168(=)
2020-07-29		​ ​ ​	34,406(+2.3%)	175(+4.2%)
2020-07-30		​ ​ ​	35,142(+2.1%)	175(=)
2020-07-31		​ ​ ​	35,501(+1%)	182(+4%)
2020-08-01		​ ​ ​	37,014(+4.3%)	182(=)
2020-08-02		​ ​ ​	37,014(=)	182(=)
2020-08-03		​ ​ ​	37,812(+2.2%)	191(+4.9%)
2020-08-04		​ ​ ​	37,812(=)	191(=)
2020-08-05		​ ​ ​	39,075(+3.3%)	199(+4.2%)
2020-08-06		​ ​ ​	39,642(+1.5%)	199(=)
2020-08-07		​ ​ ​	40,097(+1.1%)	206(+3.5%)
2020-08-08		​ ​ ​	40,533(+1.1%)	206(=)
2020-08-09		​ ​ ​	41,003(+1.2%)	215(+4.4%)
2020-08-10		​ ​ ​	41,212(+0.51%)	215(=)
2020-08-11		​ ​ ​	41,404(+0.47%)	215(=)
2020-08-12		​ ​ ​	41,572(+0.41%)	223(+3.7%)
2020-08-13		​ ​ ​	41,725(+0.37%)	223(=)
2020-08-14		​ ​ ​	41,847(+0.29%)	223(=)
Source: www.ghanahealthservice.org/covid19

March 2020

In this month there were the earliest confirmed cases and initial response from the Government of Ghana. Joint meetings among major stakeholders were conducted as well as training sessions organised for teachers and other professionals on how to handle suspected cases of novel COVID-19. Measures instituted by the President of Ghana on the 15th of March 2020 included bans on school activities, bans on all social gatherings, and a temporary lockdown and restrictions of the movements of people in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions of Ghana.[5]

Earliest reported cases

Greater Accra, Ashanti and Upper West regions recorded cases in March. At an emergency press briefing on 12 March 2020 Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu announced Ghana's first two confirmed cases (in Accra) . The two cases were people who returned to the country from Norway and Turkey which made them the first actual cases of COVID-19 in Ghana. These two cases initiated the first contact tracing process in Ghana. Of the first two cases reported in Ghana, one case was a senior officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Ghana who had returned from Norway; while the other was a staff member at the United Nations (UN) offices in Ghana who had returned from Turkey.[2][6][7]

Government response

Financial

Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo began delivering a series of state of the nation addresses concerning COVID-19 in March by announcing that the cedi equivalent of US$100 million would be made available to enhance Ghana's coronavirus preparedness and response plan.[8]

Bans and restrictions

Initially the Government of Ghana banned all public gatherings including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, church activities and other related events to reduce the spread of the virus. Beaches were also closed. Basic schools, senior high schools and universities, both public and private, were also closed. Only BECE and WASSCE candidates were permitted to remain in school under social distancing protocols.[9][10]

Traveling to Ghana from countries which had recorded over 200 positive COVID-19 cases was strongly discouraged with non-admittance of such travellers; this restriction did not however apply to Ghanaian citizens and people with resident permits.[11]

All of the country's borders were later closed for two weeks from midnight of Sunday 22 March 2020. Passport services were also suspended.[12]

On 30 March, the partial lock down of Accra and Kumasi took effect.[13] Members of the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary; and some services such as those that were involved in the production, distribution and marketing of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, medicine, paper and plastic packages, media and telecommunications were exempted from the restrictions.[14][15]

Disinfections and fumigations

The Local Government Minister announces the disinfection of 137 markets in the Greater Accra Region.[16]

Health services

On 26 March, 64 new cases were recorded increasing Ghana's case count to 132.[17] On the same day, a letter written and signed by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service recalled all staff on study leave into active service. This was to help accommodate the workload on health centres. A special life insurance cover for the professionals at the frontline dealing with the pandemic, was announced by the Ghana Health Ministry. The workers were insured under Group Life cover, with an assured sum of GHC 350,000 on each life.[18][19]

April 2020

Reported cases

For details see Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

During the month of April cases increased to 2,074 at the end of the month. Cases were confirmed in most of the regions of Ghana, with some coming from those entering via unapproved routes along the Ghana-Togo border.[20]

Government response

Disinfections and fumigations

There were several disinfection exercises of markets in the Northern, North East and Savannah regions as well as the Eastern Region.[21] The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development teamed up with Moderpest Company and Zoomlion Ghana for the exercise.[22]

At a press briefing, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS),reiterate President Nana Akufo-Addo's announcement to the commencement of local production of nose masks as part of efforts to arrest the spread of the pandemic.[23]

The Ghana Education Service and Zoomlion Ghana Limited also joined forces to launch an initiative to fumigate all senior high, special and technical schools in the country to curb the spread of the pandemic.[24]

Bans and restriction

The border closure was extended by the president, for another two week effective midnight of Sunday 5 April 2020.[25]

Wearing of face masks made mandatory

Mandatory use of masks was to be enforced by businesses and organizations.[26]

May 2020

Reported cases

For details see Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

The hotspots identified were in the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Central Regions. In Greater Accra, the Tema Metropolitan, Accra Metropolitan, Klottey Korle and Kpong Katamanso districts recorded the highest tallies with Tema taking the top position, followed by the Ablekuma, Okaikwei South and North, Ashiaman and Adenta areas as well as the Ga Central townships. In the Ashanti Region, Obuasi had the highest figures followed by Kumasi, Oforikrom, and Nkawie. Other areas were Old Tafo, Asokwa, Kumasi Municipal, Kumasi Metropolis and Suame which has high numbers as well. Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abbrem (KEEA) District, Cape Coast, and Ajumako are the districts with the high numbers in the Central Region.[27]

695 persons tested positive at a fish-processing factory in Tema after a worker contracted the virus and infected over 500 workers there in a widely reported case of a super-spreader. All 1,300 staff of the company were tested, yet 95 percent of the affected persons recorded a first negative test.[28]

On 29 May 2020, 50 workers at the Jubilee Field operated by Tullow Oil were confirmed to have tested positive for the virus.[29][30]

Government response

Restrictions

• On 11 May 2020, the government of Ghana through the office of the Ghana Tourism Authority, gave hotels, bars and restaurants permission to reopen but to operate under enhanced social distancing procedures.[31][32]
• In a televised address, the president extended the ban on social gatherings till the last day of May 2020.[33]
• Public transport vehicle operators were also given directives to enforce in vehicle physical distancing, while commuters were expected to use face masks within vehicles. Compliance to these directives however would be varied, with most (98%) operators adhering to the guidelines on physical distancing, although significant number of commuters were not adhering to the guidelines on face masks [34]

June 2020

Reported cases

For details see Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

• On 13 June 2020, the Minister of Health tested positive for the disease and was admitted at the University of Ghana Medical Center in Accra.[35] A couple of days later the Minister of Information announced that the Minister of Health was now recuperating at home.[36]
• The President also confirmed that the Chief Executive of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Kobina Kuretsi Sam, had passed away due to COVID-19.[37]
• On 16 June 2020, the CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), tested positive for the virus.[38]
• 

  Veronica Bucket, a bucket with a tap(spigot) attached mounted in many open spaces and at entrances for mandatory hand-washing.
  On 24 June 2020, the Education Minister was detained at the UGMC over fears of the virus infection. He reported himself to the hospital when he felt unwell.[39] Member of Parliament for Okere was admitted at the same facility with the Education Minister.[40]

Government response

• With effect from the beginning of June there was some relaxation of restrictions.  Religious services were allowed to commence effective Friday, 5 June, with mandatory use of nose masks and with congregations not exceeding 100.  Private burials with a maximum attendance of 100 persons were allowed.  Similarly weddings and other social gatherings could take place with no more than 100 people attending.  Ghana's borders remained closed.
• The President announced that from the middle of June, final year students of junior high schools, senior high schools and universities could return to school. Final year students in many of the 234 tertiary institutions started returning to their respective campuses on 15 June for a few weeks of classes and final exams. Fumigation of all schools across the country also started with senior high schools expected to reopen on 22 June and junior high schools schools on 29 June.[41][42]
• According to the new Executive Instrument, E.I. 164, signed by the President on 15 June 2020, people who refuse to wear face masks in public could face jail terms of between 4–10 years or a fine of between GHS12,000 (approx US$2,065) and GHS60,000 (approx US$10,320) or both would be made.[43]
• The president approved the construction of additional Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed facilities in the Greater Accra region to boost the country's COVID-19 case management. The president also confirmed there was an ongoing construction of a new treatment center in the Ashanti region as part of efforts in the management of the disease cases in Ghana.[44]
• Government calmed fears over the implementation of the new COVID-19 discharge policy which was in line with the WHO revised recommendations that allowed for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to be discharged after 14 days without test.[45]
• Government assured guidelines to be given to the Ghana Police Service on the mandatory wearing of face masks enforcement. Minister for Information said the communication from the police hierarchy would address the confusion that the enforcement plan might have caused.[46]
• Government asked institutions to strengthen safety measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 disease among staffs. This was said by the Information Minister at a press conference in Accra.[47]
• Ghana Water Company Limited announced that the three months of "free water" announced by the Ghana Government in April would end on 30 June 2020.[48]

July 2020

Reported cases

For details see Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

• A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party died after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Intensive Care Unit of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Campaign manager for New Patriotic Party and the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry tested positive for COVID-19 and were admitted at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.[49][50] It was later confirmed the former Deputy Minister of Trade recovered from the virus.[51]
• A Consultant Surgeon of the Trust Hospital died after testing positive for COVID-19. He is the fourth medical doctor to succumbed to the disease in Ghana.[52]
• The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo went to a 14-day self isolation after a person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19.[53][54] Six Accra Girls SHS students tested positive for COVID-19.[55] The president completed his two weeks self-isolation of the coronavirus.[56]
• The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital announced the suspension of non-emergency surgical cases for two weeks to protect clients and staff from been infected with COVID-19.[57] It was also confirmed a teacher of Accra Girls School and the spouse tested positive for COVID-19.[58]
• Senior Minister of Ghana tested positive for COVID-19 and was confirmed by the Information Minister.[59] The Director General of GHS said measures were underway to track suspected cases of COVID-19 disease in some Senior High Schools in Ghana.[60] The Senior Minister later tested negative for the virus after he went under self-isolation.[61]
• Scientists called for review of COVID-19 safety protocols after there was an evidence that the virus could be spread in the air.[62] The Education Minister was discharged after testing positive for the disease.[63]
• 55 persons tested positive for COVID-19. It was confirmed at the Accra Girls SHS by the authorities.[64] Seven out the 55 persons who tested positive recovered and were discharged.[65]
• A JHS in the Oti region recorded a case of COVID-19.[66]
• According to the Education Directorate, 62 COVID-19 cases were recorded in seven schools in Greater-Accra.[67] Ten SHS students tested positive for COVID-19 in the Ahafo region.[68] Six students recovered from the virus in Ahafo region.[69]
• Six SHS in Western region recorded COVID-19 cases.[70]
• Dr Da Costa Aboagye, the Director of Health Promotion of the Ghana Health Service, on July 19, 2020 said in a report that four months after the country recorded its first coronavirus case,  cases has exceeded 27,000.[71]
• On July 21, the MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 after he celebrated his 60th birthday on June 16, 2020.[72]
• According to the Deputy Minister of Health, 178 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed both in the JHS and SHS and eight recoveries. He also claimed from May 2020, FLY Zipline Ghana LImited delivered 2,573 COVID-19 samples to the NMIMR and the KCCR.[73][74]
• UMat in Ghana became the latest school that recorded COVID-19 case in the Western region.[75]
• The Chief Justice returned to office after he went for 14days isolation from the public.[76] The Deputy Trade Minister went into self-isolation after he was unwell in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.[77]

Government response

• As part of efforts to ensure management of COVID-19 cases in Accra, the Metropolitan Assembly announced that it planned to construct an isolation center at Kaneshie Polyclinic.[78]
• Government has set aside 80million Ghana cedis to pay frontline health workers' incentive package as part of Ghana's COVID-19 pandemic preparedness.[79]
• According to the Information minister, Government considered options in curbing the spread of COVID-19 disease.[80]
• Government said it has embarked on the expansion of COVID-19 treatment centers across Ghana. This is to make available more logistics and beds for COVID-19 management.[81]
• Government deployed over 200 personnel to monitor COVID-19 cases in senior high schools.[82]
• Ghana's Supreme Court adjourned all cases which were scheduled in July.[83]
• Government considered inspection of offices to enforce COVID-19 safety protocols.[84] The speaker of parliament threatened to sanction parliamentary members who breached COVID-19 protocols.[85]
• A former president claimed Government bungled up the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[86]
• The COVID-19 National Trust Fund spent over 32million Ghana cedis to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in Ghana.[87]
• The Coordinator of Ghana's COVID-19 testing program claimed Ghana's testing capacity was back after laboratory equipment and supplies were delivered.[88] GHS called on stakeholders to focus on active COVID-19 cases and not cumulative cases.[89] The Minister for Information discredited claimed the government's response strategy to COVID-19 failed.[90] The Government distributed 50,000 PCR testing kits and other kits to COVID-19 testing facilities across Ghana.[91]
• Government spent US$35million on testing for COVID-19 suspected cases. This amount was not part of the expenditure on the expansion of testing capacity according to the Deputy Health Minister.[92]
• The Finance Minister claimed in his report that the Government spent about 54.3 million Ghana cedis to provide cooked and uncooked food to the vulnerable during the 3-week lockdown.[93] He also claimed Government would provide free electricity and water for the rest of 2020.[94]

Disinfection and fumigation

• The Ministry of Local Government and Zoomlion began the first phase of the nationwide disinfection and fumigation on the
• Ministry of Local Government and Zoomlion began the second phase of nationwide disinfection and fumigation exercise. Some markets in Accra were used for the exercise.[95][96]
• Government disinfected markets, public places etc. in the Upper West region as part of efforts in fighting the spread of the virus.[97]

Bans and restrictions

• The president lifted the ban on COVID-19 related restrictions on transport operators by allowing them to operate to full capacity.[98] He also lifted restrictions on Tourist sites in the country.[99] He further eased restrictions on religious worships in the country.[100] The cup on the number of persons in a worship which was initially the 100 people was removed. The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo increased the duration from one hour to two hours and these take effect on Saturday, 1 August 2020.[101] He further claimed Ghana's border closure still stands despite easing some COVID-19 restrictions.[102]
• 

  Face Shield

August 2020

Reported cases

For details see Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

• On Sunday, 2 August 2020, according to the acting Chief Medical Officer of Barbados, Dr. Kenneth Georgeit nine out of the 95 Ghanaian nurses who travelled to Barbados to work for two years have tested positive for COVID-19.[103]
• Ghana recorded 798 new cases of COVID-19 and nine persons died from the virus.[104]
• On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, Ghana recorded eight new death cases hence a total of 199 death cases in the country. Also, we recorded 574 new active cases pushing the total case count to 39,075.[105]
• On Thursday, August 6, 2020 Ghana recorded 567 new COVID-19 cases. Clinical recoveries rose to 36,384 and out of this number, eight are in a critical condition, four on ventilators, and 22 in severe condition.[106]
• August 7, 2020 recorded 455 new positive cases therefore increasing the country's case count to 40,097. Eight new deaths have also been recorded, pushing the number of deaths from the virus to 206.[107]
• 436 new COVID-19 cases recorded on August 8, 2020 has came from samples that were taken between July 17 and August 4, 2020.[108] Also, seven persons were recorded to have died according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).[109]
• As at Sunday, 9 August 2020, Ghana recorded 470 new cases pushing COVID-19 cases to 41,003. Also, 9 deaths were recorded hence a total of 215.[110]

Economic Impact

• A new COVID-19 Business Tracker Survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank showed that about 770,000 workers (25.7% of the total workforce), had their wages reduced and about 42,000 employees were laid off during the country's COVID-19 partial lock-down.[111]

Government Responses

• Government claimed it was not relenting in its efforts to ensure people abide by the law that criminalizes the act of not using face masks.[112] Parliament of Ghana approved a tax waiver on income taxes of GHS174 million cedis (equivalent to US$30,100,000) for front line health workers..[113]

World Health Organization reports

On 27 July, the Head of WHO claimed he would reconvene the agency's emergency committee to assess the COVID-19 pandemic.[114]

On 3 August, the Head of WHO claimed there was a possibility a 'silver bullet' answer to defeating the COVID-19 virus might never happen.[115]

On 6 August, the Head of WHO claimed economic recovery all over the world could come quicker if there was Cvid-19 vaccine available to all.[116]

Infections among health workers

On 20 May 2020, it was confirmed 30 health workers tested positive for the virus in Ashanti region during their line of duty.[117] It was confirmed by the Regional Director of Health Services. Affected persons were front-line workers managing the disease in the region.[118][119] 173 new cases were confirmed making Ghana's case move to 6,269 according to Ghana Health Service. 125 more recoveries were made, raising the number of recovered persons to 1,898.[120][121][122][123]

On 18 June 2020, it was confirmed 97 health workers in the Ashanti region tested positive for the virus. It was made known by the Regional Director of Health during a press briefing in Kumasi.[124]

On 24 June 2020, the CEO of Korle-Bu tested positive for the virus. Three staff of his office also went for isolation.[125] The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists confirmed the death of one of its members who died from the virus. He worked at the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Hospital.[126]

The Presidential Advisor on Health said health officials would not conduct mass testing exercise for coronavirus in Ghana because the approach is expensive and would not reduce the spread of the virus.[127]

NMIMR said it conducted a COVID-19 testing audit and hoped to clear backlog of 7,000 samples yet to be tested.[128]

The Director General of the GHS said a team was to assess the circumstances for which front line health personnel were being affected with the virus.[129]

The Health workers union claimed over 770 health workers contracted COVID-19 disease because of lack of PPEs.[130] WHO announced independent evaluation of the world's response to COVID-19 pandemic.[131]

NMIMR kept track of persons who were discharged under the new COVID-19 discharge protocols.[132]

Private medical practitioners raised red flags over how the country is managing COVID-19 after its first outbreak.[133]

About 2,065 health workers tested positive for COVID-19 in Ghana.[134]

24 Health workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the Ahafo region. This was disclosed by the Regional Director at an interview.[68]

One nursing training school in the Western region recorded COVID-19 cases.[70]

Six staff of the Northern Regional Health Directorate contracted the virus. Also, 22 staff were infected by the virus. 32 health workers also contracted the virus at the TTH.[135]

About 254 staff of KATH were reported to have tested positive of the virus since its outbreak in Ghana.[136]

Nine out of 95 nurses who went to Barbados for two years to work tested positive for the virus.[137]

231 Health workers in the Bono region recovered from COVID-19 after they tested positive for the virus.[138]

Ghana’s rank in Africa

In June 2020, Ghana was ranked as the country with the fourth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in Africa with 12,929 cases.[139]

Covid-19 and job losses

Ghana's Trades Union Congress (TUC), revealed an estimated 100,000 job losses in the formal sector and 400,000 in the informal sector after a market research. All these jobs were lost in less than 6 months after the first COVID-19 case in March, 2020.[140]

COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana by region

COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana by Region Count of Cases per Region (Case Count from Highest to Lowest)
S.No.	Region	Total cases	Deaths	Recoveries	Active cases
1	Greater Accra Region	20,970	-	-	-
2	Ashanti Region	10,476	-	-	-
3	Western Region	2,863	-	-	-
4	Central Region	1,754	-	-	-
5	Volta Region	630	-	-	-
6	Upper East Region	282	-	-	-
7	Eastern Region	2,024	-	-	-
8	Oti Region	213	-	-	-
9	Western North Region	580	-	-	-
10	Northern Region	472	-	-	-
11	Upper West Region	88	-	-	-
12	Bono East Region	703	-	-	-
13	North East Region	9	-	-	-
14	Savannah Region	62	-	-	-
15	Bono Region	468	-	-	-
16	Ahafo Region	469	-	-	-
Total		42,063	231	39,993	1,839
As of 15 August 2020[141]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory

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External links

• Ghana Health Service - Official webpage for COVID-19 updates
• Ghana Health Service Twitter handle