Ghana has recorded 16 COVID-19 related deaths in 2022 pushing the death toll from 1,309 on 31st December 2021 to 1,325 as at 5th January 2022.
Ghana Health Service report indicated that 45 patients are in severe and 12 in critical condition.
Active Cases as at 5th January 2022 stands at 13,007 and the test conducted so far is 2, 158, 619, but only 150,874 cases were positive representing 7.0% of the positivity rate.
As of January 05, 2022, Ghana had administered over 8.84 million doses of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, increasing by more than double since the previous month.
On December 23, 2021, the country obtained over 3.5 million doses of the vaccine. Ghana was also the first African economy to receive vaccination doses from the COVAX Facility. Overall, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continued to rise.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kofi Atakora
