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Health

Ghana’s active COVID-19 cases reduce to 1,152; death toll 276

By : Tetteh Djanmanor on 30 Aug 2020, 02:50

Corona

87 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Ghana pushing the country’s cumulative case count to 44,205.

The number of persons who have recovered currently stands at 42,777 while the number of active cases is 1,152.

Per the Ghana Health Service’s latest update, six new deaths have been confirmed, pushing the death toll in Ghana to 276.

Ghana has so far conducted 442,185 COVID-19 tests.

In terms of regional distribution, the Greater Accra Region continues to lead with the highest number of cases with the North East Region being the area with the least number of cases.

Regional breakdown:

Greater Accra Region – 21,984

Ashanti Region – 10,837

Western Region – 2,953

Eastern Region – 2,289

Central Region – 1,870

Bono East Region – 763

Volta Region – 659

Western North Region – 619

Northern Region – 528

Bono Region – 511

Ahafo Region – 507

Upper East Region – 282

Oti Region – 234

Upper West Region – 88

Savannah Region – 62

North East Region – 19

‘Active cases’

Four regions do not have any active cases.

These regions are Savannah, Upper West, Upper East and North East regions.

Source: Citinewsroom.com