COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
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.
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGhana
First outbreakWuhan/China
Index caseAccra
Arrival date12 March 2020
(5 years, 3 months and 5 days)
Confirmed cases172,062 (updated 1 April 2025)
Recovered165,153 (16 July 2022)
Deaths
1,462 (updated 1 April 2025)
Government website
www.ghs.gov.gh/covid19/

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.