{"id":993520,"date":"2022-02-16T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/16\/covid-19-ghanas-death-toll-now-1431\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:07:24","slug":"covid-19-ghanas-death-toll-now-1431","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/16\/covid-19-ghanas-death-toll-now-1431\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Ghana\u2019s death toll now 1,431"},"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>The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that as of February 8, the country\u2019s total Covid-19 death toll stood at 1,431.<\/p>\n<p>From February 5 \u2013 8, 2022, five deaths were recorded.<\/p>\n<p>On its website, the Service noted that current active cases stand at 396. Out of these cases, five are said to be severe while three are critical.<\/p>\n<p>The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and 11 out of the 16 regions recorded active cases. The Ahafo, North East, Northern, Oti and Savannah regions are not battling with active cases.<\/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\/02\/08022022-fig-1.png\" alt=\"Fig 1\" title=\"Covid-19: Ghana's Covid-19 death toll is 1,431\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>According to the GHS, a total of 121 individuals contracted the virus as of February 8. The Greater Accra, Eastern, Volta and the Western North regions, as well as, the KIA recorded new cases.<\/p>\n<p>These additional cases bring Ghana\u2019s confirmed Covid-19 cases to 158,159 since the emergence of the virus in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Ghana Health Service has discharged 156,332 people who have recovered from the virus from the various health institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08022022-fig-9.png\" alt=\"Fig 9\" title=\"Covid-19: Ghana's Covid-19 death toll is 1,431\"\/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fig 10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08022022-fig-10.png\"\/><\/figcaption><\/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=\"oDHmL6R_fqA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra on Adom TV (14-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oDHmL6R_fqA?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 The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that as of February 8, the country\u2019s total Covid-19 death toll stood at 1,431. From February 5 \u2013 8, 2022, five deaths were recorded. On its website, the Service noted that current active cases stand at 396. 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