COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana | |
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Clockwise, from top: Empty streets in Accra following the lockdown, A shop in Accra facilitating social distancing protocols, Disinfection exercise at the Kumasi Airport, COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana. | |
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Ghana |
First outbreak | Wuhan/China |
Index case | Accra |
Arrival date | 12 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 172,062[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
Recovered | 165,153 (16 July 2022) |
Deaths | 1,462[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana, one from Norway and the other from Turkey.[2]
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