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Ghana’s COVID-19 cases are on the decline
Deaths from COVID-19 in Ghana jumped to 713 after eight more deaths were confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The latest GHS update further indicated that 40 people were in serious condition and 17 others in critical condition.
However, the number of active cases in the country has fallen to 3,343 from the previous 3,621 despite the confirmation of 363 new infections across the country since the last update on Thursday, March 18, 2021.
The new infections came from tests carried out on March 15, 2021.
The country also recorded 857 additional recoveries, bringing its total recoveries and releases to 84,952 from the previous 84,095.
The remaining active cases, according to the GHS, were being managed at treatment sites and isolation centers across the country, with some being managed at home.
Ghana has recorded a total of 89,008 cases of the virus since it confirmed its first two cases in March 2020.
Of the total confirmed cases, 31,013 were from general surveillance; 56,712 from enhanced contact tracing and 1,283 from international travelers disembarking at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) since it reopened on September 1, 2020.
In addition, 961,744 tests were performed, of which 292,312 were from routine surveillance, 479,393 from contact tracing and 190,039 from international travelers arriving via KIA.
The positivity rate is 9.3%.
Currently, all 16 regions have an active file.
The Greater Accra region remains the hotspot, accounting for nearly 50 percent (1,663) of active cases, with a cumulative number of cases of 49,370
The Ashanti region has 293 active cases with a case count of 15,177, followed by the Western region with 166 active cases and a cumulative of 5,602.
The others are: the Eastern region, 139 active cases and 4,036 cumulative cases; Central Region: 328 active and 3,190 cumulative; Volta region, 176 active and 2,256 cumulative; Bono East Region 61 active and 1,316 cumulative, North region 46 active and 1,576 cumulative, and Upper East Region 54 active and 1,277 cumulative.
The others are: North West Region, 20 active cases, 839 cumulative, Bono Region, 114 active, 1262 cumulative, Ahafo Region, 11 active and 686 cumulative, Oti Region, 27 active and 376 cumulative, Upper West, 91 active and 456 cumulative , Savannah Region, 15 active and 112 cumulative, and Northeast, 36 active and 194 cumulative.
There are also 103 active cases of international travelers at KIA.
Ghana began its mass vaccination exercise on March 2, this year after taking delivery of some 600,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on February 24.
So far, a total of 405,000 people had been vaccinated against the virus as of Thursday, March 18, 2021 during the first phase in the country.
The government has said it hopes to vaccinate around 20 million people to stem the spread of the virus.
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