Confirmed covid-19 cases in Ghana rise to 6,096

969 new cases have been confirmed in the week since our last update. Greater Accra contributed more than half of those cases (555), Ashanti Region contributed almost a quarter (226) and Central Region about a tenth (102). 

Today is World Hypertension Day

World Hypertension Day is commemorated to raise awareness of hypertension (high blood).

Hypertension which is caused by unhealthy diets and physical inactivity is linked to increased risk of stroke, heart attacks and kidney disease. Emerging research also links hypertension to increased risk of Covid-19 severity and mortality.

Ghana Health Service yesterday released some information on the Covid-19 fatalities revealing that for 20 out of the 28 deaths recorded, hypertension was listed as an underlying condition.

International Day of Families

Today is International Day of Families so we are presenting some family characteristics in Ghana over the past two decades using statistics from from five Demographic and Health Surveys (1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2014).

2020 census likely postponed due to Covid-19

The Government Statistician just announced that timelines for the census may have to be adjusted in response to the pandemic.

Current restrictions on social gatherings and the recommendations to limit movement understandably have implications for census activities as thousands of enumerators need to be trained and deployed.