Dr. Patrick Aboagye
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 have increased to 15,473 after the Ghana Health Service (GHS) recorded additional 460 cases.
Out of the total, 9,146 cases were recorded from enhanced contact tracing and 6,327 from general surveillance in 34 districts within nine regions.
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kumah Aboagye at a Covid-19 press briefing in Accra said 16 districts in the Greater Accra Region recorded 293 new cases; four districts in the Eastern Region recorded 45 new cases while 44 new cases came from four districts in the Western Region.
The Ashanti Region also recorded 42 new cases in three districts while 18 new cases were recorded in three districts of the Northern Region and 12 new cases came from a district in the Bono East Region.
The Oti, Western North and Bono regions all recorded less than five new cases each from one of their districts.
Meanwhile, 352 persons have also recovered from the disease raising the recoveries count to 11,430.
The death toll remains 95. “Currently, we have about 22 people who are severe, six are critical, and 95 deaths. So the total active cases is 3,947,” Dr Aboagye added.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri