The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has confirmed twenty-four cases of mpox across twelve districts, with Kumasi recording the highest number of infections.
Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng, the Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, confirmed this in an interview with the media, stating that the Kumasi Metropolitan area leads with six cases, representing a quarter of the regional total.
He noted that the region has recorded 24 cases, representing 5 percent of the national total.
According to him, 12 districts have been affected in the region.
“The case fatality rate for most of the average of Mpox is normally around 11%. But if you look at the current outbreak that we are dealing with in the country and the period we are talking about, we are looking at 1/409, which will give a percentage of 0.24. You can’t say 0.24 person dying, but it means that it’s really not fatal as compared to the other cases that we know.”
“For example, in the Ashanti Region, we initially for a long time didn’t even record a case. Currently, the total number of cases that we have recorded in the region is 24, which is almost about 5% of the total cases that we are talking about. You look at the districts that have been affected, we are talking about 12 districts, which is about 27% of the 43 districts in the region.Currently, the leading district, as it’s implied, is Kumasi, having about six cases, which is about 25% of the cases that we have.”
He added, “Our first two cases were really recorded in Old Tafo about two months ago, and they have been discharged and are doing well.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
