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Ghana coronavirus: tally at 4,012 after record 921 new cases
By Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
Ghana returned to most impacted West African country after authorities disclosed a record one-day increase of over 900 cases late Friday.
The current tallies stand at 4,012 with 18 deaths and 323 recoveries. The figures have triggered talk of whether the government was right to lift a lockdown imposed in three hotspots back in April.
The president insisted that the decision to lift the measure was based on data and science but the spike has led to questions being asked especially on social media.
Meanwhile the issue of the COVID-19 combat being politicised continues to rage as government and main opposition NDC continue to spar on the subject. The NDC have insisted that the government has relegated science to the backburner in dealing with the crisis.
Responding to the issue, a deputy information minister told a local radion station, Citi FM, that the opposition’s claim which also adds that “President Akufo-Addo seems more interested in his re-election than in the safety and life of Ghanaians” is false and without basis, Pius Hadzide is quoted to have said.
