There seem to be some discrepancies in the figures put out by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on July 31 and August 1 as regards the country’s cumulative Coronavirus cases.
On Friday, July 31, GHS announced via its website that 359 new infections had been confirmed, sending the total number of cases to 35,501. The death toll which was 175 also increased by 7. With 32,096 recoveries/discharge, the country was left with 3,223 active cases.
GHS however announced on Saturday that 787 new cases had been confirmed.
“A total of 787 new cases were reported on July 30, 2020. These are samples that were taken from the period 30 June to 28 July 2020… but reported from the lab on July 30,” it said on its website.
Per the development, the cumulative figure is supposed to be 36,288 considering that before the 787 cases, the total number of confirmed cases stood at 35,501.
GHS’s website however has 37,014 as the cumulative figure instead of 36,288.
It is instructive to note that the sum of the number of deaths (182), Recoveries/Discharges (33,365) and Active Cases (3,467) is 37,014. If these figures are anything to go by, the New Cases should be 1,513 instead of 787.
Checks on GHS's verified Twitter handle revealed there was no update to account for the 726 'missing' cases.
Meanwhile, below are the cumulative cases per region as stated on GHS website.
Greater Accra Region - 18,882
Ashanti Region - 9,328
Western Region - 2,687
Central Region - 1,493
Eastern Region - 1,457
Volta Region - 605
Bono East Region - 511
Bono Region - 439
Western North Region - 393
Northern Region - 354
Upper East Region - 282
Ahafo Region - 232
Oti Region - 192
Upper West Region - 88
Savannah Region - 62
North East Region - 9
GHS says Ghana has a total of 37,014 confirmed cases