Table 1.
Demographic characteristics | N (%) |
Sex | |
Female | 67(45.9) |
Male | 79 (54.1) |
Age group | |
<19 | 13 (8.9) |
20–29 | 37 (25.3) |
30–39 | 21 (14.4) |
40–49 | 21 (14.4) |
50–59 | 26 (17.8) |
60–69 | 19 (13.0) |
70+ | 9 (6.2) |
Ghana | 122 (83.6) |
Other | 3 (2.1) |
UAE | 2 (1.4) |
UK | 17 (11.6) |
Nigeria | 2 (1.4) |
No formal education | 8 (5.5) |
Primary | 23 (15.7) |
Secondary | 37 (25.4) |
Tertiary | 78 (53.4) |
No | 141 (96.6) |
Yes | 5 (3.4) |
No | 59 (40.7) |
Yes | 86 (59.3) |
No | 128 (88.9) |
Yes | 16 (11.1) |
No | 106 (73.6) |
Yes | 16 (11.1) |
Unknown | 22 (15.3) |
Airplane | 10 (7.6) |
Home | 31 (23.7) |
Market | 3 (2.3) |
Social gathering | 2 (1.5) |
Workplace | 13 (9.9) |
Unknown | 72 (55.0) |
Type of sample | |
Nasal swab | 12 (8.2) |
Nasopharyngeal swab |
4 (2.7) |
Sputum | 28 (19.2) |
Throat swab | 102 (69.9) |
Ga East | 132 (90.4) |
UGMC | 14 (9.6) |
Nationality | |
Dual | 6 (4.1) |
Ghanaian | 133 (91.1) |
Non-Ghanaian | 7 (4.8) |