Ghana’s coronavirus case count is fourth highest in Africa

Data released by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday, June 19, 2020, shows that Ghana has the fourth-highest recorded coronavirus cases on the continent.

So far, Africa has reported 275,327 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 19, 2020.

According to the Africa CDC figures, there have been 7,395 deaths and 125,316 recoveries in the region.

Ghana is fourth after South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria with regards confirmed cases.

Ghana has recorded 12,929 cases of Friday, June 19.

However, Ghana has one of the lowest case fatality ratios on the continent.

South Africa has recorded 83,890 cases, followed by Egypt and Nigeria with 50,437 and 18,480 cases respectively.

Top 8 countries with confirmed cases

South Africa - 83,890

Egypt 50,437

Nigeria 18,480

Ghana 12,929

Algeria 11,385

Cameroon 10,140

Morocco 9,074

Sudan 8,020

Case-Fatality ratios

Ghana Case-Fatality Ratio: 0.51%

South Africa Case-Fatality Ratio: 2.07%

Morocco Case-Fatality Ratio: 2.30%

Nigeria Case-Fatality Ratio: 2.57%

Cameroon Case-Fatality Ratio: 2.65%

Egypt Case-Fatality Ratio: 3.84%

Sudan Case-Fatality Ratio: 6.07%

Algeria Case-Fatality Ratio: 7.12%