The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has administered a total of 20.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses across the country. This was disclosed on the GHS’s website.
It stated, “A total of 10,449,734 AstraZeneca vaccines had been administered out of the number.
“18,368 doses of Sputnik-V had been administered while 1,065,357 doses of Moderna vaccines had been administered across the country.
“5,534,776 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines had been administered while 3,291,213 doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen had been administered.
“8,758,799 persons had so far been fully vaccinated out of the 22.9 million people targeted, making up a percentage of 27.6.
“The number of persons who received “at least” one dose is 11,837,459 with a percentage of 51.8 while persons who received the first booster dose are 2,329,799.”
Recall that Ghana experienced a surge in infections and fatalities in January 2021, entering the second wave of rising infections of COVID-19. The number of daily active cases in February 2021 was as high as the peak of the first wave in June 2020.
