Ghana continues to see a relatively flat growth rate in Covid-19 recoveries. In the past week, the share of recoveries has increased from 37.6% to 37.9% while the share of active cases has declined from 62.4% to 62.1%. These two metrics give us one of the most...
Ghana continues to see progress in its fight against Covid-19. As of June 1st, the share of recoveries had climbed to 35%, up from a low of 8.8% three weeks ago. What of the doubling rate? To help determine if cases are speeding up or slow down, we launched a small...
Parts 1 and 2 of this series established voter turnout and economic conditions respectively as follow-on effects from Covid-19 that will shape the outcome of the December elections. In this final installment in our series we turn our attention to a less rigidly...
In part 1 of this series, we highlighted how the Covid-19 outbreak could yield a reduction in voter turnout come December. In this piece, we analyse the effect of the outbreak through the lens of the economic impact it will have. At a glance: All around the world the...
From the regional distribution of Covid-19 data, more than 87% of Ghana’s case load is concentrated in Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions. Here’s why: To better understand the disparity in the distribution of cases among the 16 regions, we run a number of...
It was just 2 weeks ago that the exponential growth curve of Covid-19 cases in Ghana showed a doubling rate of every 9 days. However, with a spike in recoveries and a flattening of the rate at which new cases are now being confirmed, we are now seeing the doubling...
About 5 days ago, I touched on some of the key points to look at when determining if the spread of the virus is slowing down or picking up in Ghana. Since then, I’ve charted the rate at which the share of active cases vs recoveries is growing and the curves are...
As of this writing, about 1,898 infected Ghanaians have recovered from Covid-19. That’s 30% of all recoveries in the ECOWAS region. Here’s the breakdown: According to the Africa CDC, Ghana leads the entire West Africa in the number of recoveries, with...
