The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that the country’s COVID-19 case count is now at 28,989 following 559 confirmed new cases.
The update released on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 indicates that the new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in 36 districts across eight regions of the country.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stand at 3,505 whiles deaths are 153.
The Greater Accra region, which is the region that hosts the capital, has over 50% of cases with over 15,000 cases.
The five most impacted regions are as follows: Greater Accra Region – 15,519; Ashanti Region – 6,264; Western Region – 2,310; Central Region – 1,236 and Eastern Region – 1,091.
Below is a regional breakdown of the cases
(Case Count from Highest to Lowest)
Greater Accra Region – 15,519
Ashanti Region – 6,264
Western Region – 2,310
Central Region – 1,236
Eastern Region – 1,091
Volta Region – 522
Bono Region – 421
Bono East Region – 383
Western North Region – 283
Upper East Region – 282
Northern Region – 271
Oti Region – 150
Ahafo Region – 116
Upper West Region – 75
Savannah Region – 57
North East Region – 9
