A total of 488 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been recorded in Ghana bringing the total count as of July 19, 2020, to 27,060.
According to the Ghana Health Service, the new cases were from “samples that were taken from the period 22 June to 14 July 2020.”
The number of clinical recoveries has also shot up to 23,044 leaving the active COVID-19 cases in Ghana at 3,871.
Despite the huge number of discharge/recoveries, 145 persons have however succumbed to the disease.
The latest update from the Ghana Health Service shows that Greater Accra is still leading the national case count with 14,923, followed by the Ashanti, Western and Central Regions with 5,642, 2,218 and 1,140 cases respectively.
Another region that has over a thousand cases is the Eastern Region with 1,030 recorded cases.
The rest of the regions in Ghana are yet to cross the 500 case mark.
The region with the least number of cases is the North East Region which has 9 cases.
Cumulative Cases per Region
Greater Accra Region – 14,923
Ashanti Region – 5,642
Western Region – 2,218
Central Region – 1,140
Eastern Region – 1,030
Volta Region – 492
Bono East Region – 294
Upper East Region – 282
Northern Region – 271
Western North Region – 216
Bono Region – 166
Oti Region – 143
Ahafo Region – 103
Upper West Region – 74
Savannah Region – 57
North East Region – 9
