General News of Saturday, 16 May 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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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.
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.
The Savannah Region, Ahafo Region and Bono East Region remain the only regions in Ghana 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
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