{"id":753568,"date":"2022-01-17T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/covid-19-ghana-records-7-more-deaths-in-48-hours\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:24:28","slug":"covid-19-ghana-records-7-more-deaths-in-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/covid-19-ghana-records-7-more-deaths-in-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Ghana records 7 more deaths in 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lead-dave-1024x768-1-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"coronavirus\" title=\"coronavirus\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coronavirus death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that in 48 hours, seven more individuals have died in the country\u2019s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the number of casualties to 1,343. As of January 8, the death toll stood at 1,336.<\/p>\n<p>The Service noted that it has recorded 9,020 active cases published on its website. In addition, a total of 508 new cases have been recorded.<\/p>\n<p>The GHS continues to see a decline in active cases. In its previous update, active and new cases stood at 10,889 and 486, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/10012022-fig-1.png\" alt=\"Fig 1\" title=\"7 more die of Covid-19 in Ghana\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Service, 44 individuals currently battling the virus are in severe condition. Twelve others are in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Since the emergence of the virus in March 2020, Ghana has confirmed 153,154 Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in two days, the GHS has discharged 2,647 people who contracted the virus. In total, the GHS has discharged 143,151 people who have recovered from the virus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/10012022-fig-11.png\" alt=\"Fig 11\" title=\"7 more die of Covid-19 in Ghana\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"EfGixRNi_IM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SIM Card Re-Registration Lawful? - Nnawotwe Yi on Adom TV (15-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EfGixRNi_IM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus death Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that in 48 hours, seven more individuals have died in the country\u2019s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This brings the number of casualties to 1,343. As of January 8, the death toll stood at 1,336. The Service noted that it has recorded 9,020 active cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[549],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}