For the fifth consecutive day, the Ghana Health Service has announced a daily increase of over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19.
The latest figures as of December 25, 2021, indicate that Ghana recorded 1,074 cases – the lowest daily increase over a five-day period – bringing the number of active cases to 9,534.
COVID-19 daily active cases
December 20 – 4,027
December 21 – 5,112
December 22 – 6,361
December 23 – 7,353
December 24 – 8,554
December 25 – 9,534
During that period, the highest daily increase of 1,324 was recorded on December 22 when the country had 6,361 active cases and a total of 1,277 deaths.
The country also has a test positivity rate of 6.7% from a total of 1,205,152 tests of which 141,295 were positive and a total of 1,287 deaths from the illness.