The Ghana Health Service has revealed that seventy-five senior high school students have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Western region since schools reopened.
Addressing the media in the region on the theme “Continuing Quality Health Service Delivery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges”, the Director for Health Services, Naa Dr Jacob Mahama disclosed that the affected students were drawn from thirteen (13) educational institutions.
In the Nzema East Municipality, 26 students at Nsien Senior High School have tested positive, at the Shama Senior High School in the Shama district, out of 46 samples collected, 19 of the samples turned out positive while in the Amenfi West district, Asankragua Nursing and Midwifery school had 6 positive cases of COVID-19.
The Health Director told the media that as at today July 23rd 2020, a total of 2,467 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the Western Region, out of which 2,216 have been discharged and 6 patients have passed away.
The Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality tops the chart with 639 cases, followed by Sekondi-Takoradi with 632 cases. The Amenfi West Municipality at the border of the region to the Western North has record 442 cases.
Below is the regional breakdown
Greater Accra Region – 15,706
Ashanti Region – 6,637
Western Region – 2,350
Central Region – 1,236
Eastern Region – 1,120
Volta Region – 538
Bono Region – 421
Bono East Region – 383
Northern Region – 302
Western North Region – 286
Upper East Region – 282
Oti Region – 154
Ahafo Region – 116
Upper West Region – 75
Savannah Region – 57
North East Region – 9
