Six more people who contracted COVID -19 in Ghana have died, bringing the number of deaths to 691.
Ghana’s COVID -19 Active cases has now dropped from 3,908 to 3,673 as of 11th March 2021.
Ghana Health Service report indicates that 19 patients are in critical and 48 in severe condition.
Ghana has confirmed 87,985 COVID cases for the past one year and recorded 83,621. recoveries.
The number of test conducted as of 11th March 2021 stands at 945,743.
Government says it is working to secure additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in order to ensure that it achieves head immunity by the end of 2021.
The move will ensure that majority of Ghanaians are vaccinated against the deadly disease.
Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility. This is a historic step towards our goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history.
At least 262,335 Ghanaians received their first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines as of as part of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations in Ghana, and an additional 17.6 million vaccine doses are expected to be delivered by June, with more to come in the course of the year.
Government has proposed the introduction of a COVID-19 health levy to support the efficient performance of the health sector during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
