Politics of Monday, 21 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comElectoral campaigns did not increase coronavirus cases – Akufo-Addoplay videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that the just-ended electoral campaign and elections did not increase the cases of the novel coronavirus. He said during his 20th televised address to the nation on Sunday, December 20, that Ghana’s coronavirus cases continue to remain steady and recording between 100 and 130 daily infectious cases. Despite the genuine fears of many that we would see a surge in cases, we have, on the contrary, witnessed a stable daily rate of infection of between 130 and 100 cases,” President Akufo-Addo said in his address. He added, “Indeed, the total number of active cases has reduced marginally from 1,139, as at Friday, November 6, 2020, to 946 as at Friday, December 18. Unfortunately, 13 more deaths from COVID-19 and its complications have been recorded, bringing the total number of fatalities to 333 out of the 53,954 confirmed cases.

Source: GhanaWeb December 21, 2020 06:22 UTC