{"id":736281,"date":"2022-01-05T15:28:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/05\/covid-19-ghana-records-13576-active-cases\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:28:13","slug":"covid-19-ghana-records-13576-active-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/05\/covid-19-ghana-records-13576-active-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Ghana records 13,576 active cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As of January 1, 2022, Ghana\u2019s Covid-19 active cases stood at 13,567, The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.<\/p>\n

The active cases have risen by 551, as a total of 13,025 cases were recorded as of December 31, 2021.<\/p>\n

In its latest update, the Service noted that four more individuals died at the beginning of the year, bringing the country\u2019s death toll to 1,313.<\/p>\n

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Also, 876 new cases have been recorded. <\/p>\n

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These cases were recorded in eight out of the 16 regions in the country and the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).<\/p>\n

The Greater Accra Region led the list with 448 new cases. At the KIA, 91 new cases were recorded.<\/p>\n

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These new cases bring the country\u2019s confirmed Covid-19 cases to 148,079 since the emergence of the virus in March 2020.<\/p>\n

Again, some 321 individuals, as of January 1, were discharged from the various<\/p>\n

health facilities after recovering from the virus.<\/p>\n

So far, a total of 133,190 people who fell prey to the virus have been discharged.<\/p>\n

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