Musician Bice Osei Kuffour or Obuor as he is popularly known, on Friday lost his father to coronavirus at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital.

Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour was rushed to the hospital on Thursday after experiencing difficulty in breathing.

The death of the father of the former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana, brings the number of people who have succumbed to the pandemic to four in Ghana.

Ghana has so far recorded 137 COVID-19 cases with two recoveries.

Below is a statement from Obuor on his father’s death

With sadness and a heavy heart, I announce the death of Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, my biological father.

Nana returned from the UK on 19th March after his yearly visit to the family. Upon his return, he was fine but began coughing on Sunday 22nd.

We arranged for his blood sample to be tested and he tested positive for malaria.

We began treatment for malaria but his condition got worse. We arranged to bring him to Accra to be tested for COVID-19 at the Ridge Hospital on Wednesday. They informed us that his report will be ready on Friday but we should keep him in quarantine which we did.

On Thursday, night he had extreme difficulty with breathing, so, we called the Ambulance Service and informed them of his condition. We told them the patient has tested for COVID-19 and awaiting his results, so, they should come along with appropriate apparel.

The ambulance team took him to the Ridge Hospital around 11 pm on Thursday, March 26. We informed the health team at Ridge of his condition and also informed them he had earlier taken a test for COVID and awaiting results.

Late this afternoon, the Drs informed us that he is likely to be a confirmed COVID case and, as such, we should take steps to do a contact-trace and quarantine ourselves. Sadly, he passed on this evening.

Under the circumstances, I understand nobody can come over to pay their respects and commiserate with our family as we are all on a 14-day quarantine, though I and my assistant who had close contact with him have both tested negative for COVID-19 as of today 27th March.

These are the true facts about my father’s demise.

Bice Obour Osei Kuffour