COVID-19 fear grips Kumasi as five dead bodies found on street

Evans Annang 10:33 - 16 April 2020

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Some residents of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have been gripped by fear as 5 dead bodies were found on the streets on Wednesday.

According to the people living in the Ashanti Regional capital, the dead bodies are suspected to be that of people who have died of COVID-19.

Though officials of the Ghana Health Service are yet to confirm the veracity of the suspicion, some mortuary men in the city are refusing to accept the bodies.

Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice reports that mortuary men in Kumasi are demanding that covid-19 test is conducted on the bodies before they attend to them.

Meanwhile, The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has stated that eighty-three (83) infected patients have recovered from the novel Coronavirus in the country.

The GHS confirmed this on Wednesday (April 15, 2020) via its dedicated website on providing updates on the outbreak.

The GHS said that the 83 were part of the 268 confirmed cases under routine surveillance.

“Seventeen (17) have been treated, reverted to negative on repeat tests and discharged. Furthermore, 66 have tested negative once and awaiting second test. This brings together a total of 83 cases that have been recovered/discharged.”

Meanwhile, Ghana’s case count of COVID-19 has gone up to 641.