Dr. Hilarius A.K. Abiwu
The Deputy Northern Regional Health Director, Dr. Hilarius A.K. Abiwu, has confirmed to DGN Online that within a week, the Tamale Teaching hospital has recorded 14 covid-19 related deaths.
“The deaths in TTH for the past 1 week is equal to all deaths recorded last year,” he said
According to him, the Northern region has recorded a total of 22 deaths related to covid-19.
Dr. Abiwu disclosed that the Northern region has recorded 1,254 covid-19 cases so far.
He appealed to residents in the region to strictly adhere to the COVID-19 protocols to help prevent the spread of the virus.
“COVID-19 is real and the numbers we have for just this 2 months of the year is more than the total we had for the whole 2020.”
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale
