COVID 19: No active cases in four regions in Ghana

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says four out of the 16 regions in the Ghana do not have any active cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid 19) as of August 12, 2020.

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

The update by the GHS on it’s Website, however, said Ghana has recorded 168 new cases pushing total case count to 41,572.

From the update, Ghana has 2,029 active cases, 39,320 recoveries while eight more deaths have been recorded increasing the toll to 223.

The Greater Accra Region continues to lead the active cases chart with 766 current cases.

Ashanti Region also has 538 active cases followed by Central Region and Eastern Region with 242 and 228 active cases respectively.

The region with the least number of active cases is the Bono Region with three cases.

Cumulative Cases per Region

Greater Accra Region - 20,749

Ashanti Region - 10,393

Western Region - 2,818

Eastern Region - 1,972

Central Region - 1,749

Bono East Region - 689

Volta Region - 626

Western North Region - 568

Ahafo Region - 463

Northern Region - 454

Bono Region - 439

Upper East Region - 282

Oti Region - 211

Upper West Region - 88

Savannah Region - 62

North East Region - 9