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General News

[ 2021-03-09 ]

COVID-19: Over 200,000 vaccinated in Ghana in 6 days
Over 200,000 people in Ghana have been vaccinated
against the deadly Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
in the last six days.
As of Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 8pm, a total of
202,252 people have had their first dose of the
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination.



The Director General of the Ghana Health Service
(GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye made this known
Monday afternoon at a press briefing at the
Peduase Lodge where the Cabinet is on a 3-day
retreat.

Dr Kuma-Aboagye indicated that the figure was
likely to go up since there are some data entry
challenges and that about a third of the number is
still being entered.

He projected that the figure was likely to hit
300,000 when all the data is entered.

He said there has been enthusiasm with the
vaccination so at some point, the personnel had to
resort to collecting data on papers and get the
people vaccinated and as the data is being entered
electronically and synched, the figure was likely
to shoot up.



The COVID-19 vaccination started in Ghana on March
2, 2021 using the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by
the Serum Institute of India.

As of close of day March 7, a total of 202, 252
persons had been vaccinated with the Greater Accra
Region having the highest number of persons -
128,088 vaccinated.

Friday the 5th of March saw the highest number of
persons vaccinated with 46,780.




The proportion of persons vaccinated by sex is
almost 50:50.



Ashanti has a total of 69,325 vaccinated as of
Sunday night whilst the Kasoa area in the Central
Region had a total of 4639 vaccinated as of Sunday
night.

Below is a breakdown of Vaccinations by sex and
region.



Giving an outlook of the disease in Ghana Dr
Kuma-Aboagye said the downward decline in COVID-19
cases remains steady and that the Kotoka
International Airport (KIA) continues to see a
decline in recorded cases and the positivity rate
among passengers.

He insisted on the need to maintain the COVID-19
safety protocols in order to maintain the gains.

He said the vaccination campaign will further
contribute to a reduction in cases in Ghana.

Overview

There has been a gradual improvement of the
general situation of the disease in Ghana as of
now.

The active cases have declined from 8000 to less
than 5000 in the last four weeks.

The daily reported cases have declined from 800
cases a day to 400 cases a day and sometimes below
in the past four weeks, according to Dr
Kuma-Aboagye.

The daily admissions which is a marker of the
situation has dropped from about 270 people on
admission daily to 150 cases in Greater Accra.

Dr Kuma-Aboagye said as of Friday March 5, 2021, a
total of 86,737 cases had been detected in Ghana
and 929,189 (29,973/1M) tests done

81,299 (93.7%) discharges / recoveries,
656 deaths (CFR of 0.76%),
Total active cases are 4,782 (5.5% )
He said the Greater Accra Region was still the
epicentre and that currently all 16 regions and
252 districts of Ghana have ever reported cases.

Breakdown of COVID-19 cases on Admission as of
March 6, 2021

Total cases on admission - 177
Total critical cases - 25
Total severe cases - 66
Total mild to moderate cases - 86


Next steps

The next steps are that Ghana will continue to
pursue additional vaccines for health workers in
other districts and regions to be vaccinated, he
said.

He said there are plans to acquire additional Cold
Chain equipment including ultra negative freezers,
sustain public education on adherence to safety
protocols and vaccine uptake.

Going forward, Dr Kuma Aboagye said a vaccine App
would be used for appointment and
pre-registration.

Source - Graphic Online



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