The latest update brings the country’s total death toll to 637.
8 more die of COVID-19 in Ghana; death toll now 637
Ghana has lost eight more lives to COVID-19 according to data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) outfit.
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) also disclosed that the country recorded 503 new cases nationwide.
GHS also revealed that active cases now stand at 4,928 with a total case count of 85, 742.
21 patients are in critical condition while 70 other cases are severe.
In spite of the surge in COVID-19, 80,177 Ghanaians are said to have recovered from the virus and have been discharged.
The government of Ghana after receiving 600,000 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines through the COVAX programme began the COVID-19 vaccination exercise on March 2, 2021, in 43 districts in three regions of the country.
The regions are: Greater Accra-25 districts, Ashanti-16 districts and Central-two districts.
This marks the start of a nationwide exercise expected to vaccinate 20 million Ghanaians against the virus.
President Akufo-Addo, Vice President Dr Bawumia together with other state officials including former president John Mahama, Chief of Staff Frema Opare and other dignitaries have so far been vaccinated.
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