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Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 5,735, 29 deaths

Latifa Carlos
Last updated: May 16, 2020 11:19 pm
Latifa Carlos
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The Ghana Health Service has released new figures of the COVID-19 cases in Ghana indicating that 97 more persons have tested positive for the virus.

This brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 5,735.

One more person who tested positive for the virus has also died, bringing to 29 the total number of Coronavirus related deaths in the country.

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294 more persons have recovered from the disease bringing the number of recoveries to 1,754.

In terms of the regional breakdown, the Greater Accra region still leads with 4,314 cases, followed by the Ashanti region with 818 cases. The Central region now has 210 cases whilst the Eastern and Western regions have 99 and 98 cases respectively.

Savannah, Ahafo and Bono East remain the only regions without a confirmed case of COVID-19.

Check the regional breakdown below

Greater Accra Region – 4,314

Ashanti Region – 818

Central Region – 210

Eastern Region – 99

Western Region – 98

Western North Region – 57

Volta Region – 34

Northern Region – 31

Upper East Region – 26

Oti Region – 24

Upper West Region – 21

North East Region – 2

Bono Region – 1

Savannah Region – 0

Ahafo Region – 0

Bono East Region – 0

Source: Ghanaweb

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