More males are dying from Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced.

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Head of Public Health, GHS, Dr. Badu Sarkodie, said among the 22 Covid-19 deaths recorded in Ghana, males accounted for 68.2 per cent of all deaths recorded.

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He further noted that males were the highest across the deaths recorded among all age groups except the 25 to 34-year olds.

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“There is clear preponderance for males in respect with COVID-19 associated deaths,” he said.

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Dr. Sarkodie speaking at the Ministry of Information Covid-19 press briefing in Accra on May 12, said the age range for mortalities recorded were from 9 to 82 years with a mean age of 55.5 years and a median age of 58 years.

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“The mean age for males was 52.4 years, compared with 58.1 years for females. The median age for both sexes is 58 years,” he stated.

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Co-morbidities

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The head of public health, explaining the cause of deaths said only two out of the total number deaths did not have any underlying health condition.

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He said 16 of the persons who died of Covid-19 had hypertension representing a 72.7 per cent, of co-morbidity. Diabetes Mellitus also accounted for 10 lives representing a co-morbidity of 45.5 per cent while chronic liver disease, obesity and asthma claimed two lives each all accounting for 27.3 per cent of co-morbidity.

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Stroke, prostate enlargement, acute kidney injury, interstitial pulmonary disease and congestive cardiac failure claimed a life each with a total co-morbidity of 22.5 per cent.

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Ghana has recorded 5,127 cases of Covid-19 with a case fatality rate 0f 0.43 per cent.

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Source: Daily Guide Network

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