General News of Thursday, 7 May 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Coronavirus: Greater Accra leads with 2,579 cases

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The Greater Accra region leads with 2,579 cases of the novel Coronavirus, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has updated.

The Ashanti Region, however, has also recorded 165 of COVID-19 with the Bono region becoming the 13th region to record a case.

The Savannah, Ahafo and Bono East remain the only regions in Ghana yet to record a case.

The GHS indicates on their official website that, a total of 137,924 tests have been conducted so far.

Nine more patients who were treated for Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been declared recovered by the Ghana Health Service.

This increases Ghana’s total recoveries to 303 as of May, 7, 2020, from the previous 294.

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has increased to 3,091.

The death, however, remains unchanged at 18.

Below is the regional breakdown of the cases:

Greater Accra Region – 2,579

Ashanti Region – 165

Eastern Region – 95

Western North Region – 56

Central Region – 50

Western Region – 32

Volta Region – 30

Upper East Region – 26

Oti Region – 23

Upper West Region – 19

Northern Region – 13

North East Region – 2

Bono Region – 1

Savannah Region – 0

Ahafo Region – 0

Bono East Region – 0