COVID-19: Ghana's Death toll passes 200
The novel Coronavirus pandemic has now killed 206 people in Ghana.
This was contained in the latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) today (August 7, 2020) in which it reported eight new deaths.
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The GHS update also disclosed that seven persons are in critical condition from Coronavirus-related illnesses. Four of the persons in critical condition are breathing with the assistance of a ventilators.
Case count
In the update, the GHS also announced 455 new positive cases of Coronavirus, increasing the country's cumulative case count to 40,097.
However, the country has 3,253 active cases and 36, 638 recoveries from the illness.
“A total of 455 new cases were reported on August 4, 2020. These are samples that were taken from the period 15 July to 3 August 2020 as seen in Figure 11 but reported from the lab on August 4,” the update reads.
Cumulative Cases per Region
Greater Accra Region – 20,300
Ashanti Region – 9,972
Western Region – 2,766
Eastern Region – 1,809
Central Region – 1,669
Volta Region – 614
Bono East Region – 569
Western North Region – 526
Bono Region – 439
Northern Region – 424
Ahafo Region – 364
Upper East Region – 282
Oti Region – 204
Upper West Region – 88
Savannah Region – 62
North East Region – 9