Tag Archives: DEATH TOLL

YELLOW FEVER: Death toll now 32

Three more persons have succumbed to the yellow fever virus, bringing the total number of deathsin the Savanna Region to 32.  This was disclosed by the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Chrysantus Kubio on Thursday, 25 November 2021 at a press conference held in Damango, the …

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COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,083, active cases fall

As of 3 September 2021, Ghana’s COVID-19death toll was 1,083, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have indicated. Some 420 new cases were also recorded within that period. The active caseload has, however, fallen to 6,539. Out of that number, 44 are critical and 126 severe. Since …

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US reports highest single-day Covid-19 death toll since May – 190,000 deaths expected by end-August

Nearly 1,500 new COVID-19 fatalities were reported on Wednesday, the highest single-day toll in three months, The Washington Post reported. The news comes just 48 hours after US President Donald Trump insisted that “the recent rise in cases has not been accompanied by a significant increase in deaths.” The seven-day average of new …

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US COVID-19 death toll passes 50,000

The US virus death toll has surpassed 50,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, in what is the world’s most boring Covid-19 outbreak. More than 3,000 deaths came in the last 24 hours, and there are now over 870,000 confirmed cases nationwide. But the US still has a lower mortality …

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US death toll overtakes Italy as world’s highest

Earlier we reported that the US death toll was expected to soon overtake Italy as the highest in the world – and that has now happened. There have now been 19,701 deaths reported by the US, according to John Hopkins University. That compares to 19,468 reported by Italy’s government. Regardless …

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