COVID-19 deaths in Ghana jump to 135 with 23,834 cases

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Six more persons have died from COVID-19 in a single day in Ghana bringing the death toll from 129 to 135.

All the new deaths were related to comorbidities except one person in the Northern Region who died of no known underlying medical conditions.

The deaths were also recorded in Central, Oti and Western Region of Ghana.

The country has also recorded 371 new virus infections bringing the country’s caseload to 23,834.

An update on the Ghana Health Service‘s (GHS) website said some 19,212 patients have been recovered and discharged.

“A total of 371 new cases were reported on July 7,2020. These are samples that were taken from the period 15 June to 6 July 2020 as seen in Figure 8 but reported from the lab on July 7,” the GHS said.

Active cases, according to the GHS currently stand at 4,487.

Regional breakdown:

Greater Accra Region – 13,194

Ashanti Region – 5,078

Western Region – 2,052

Central Region – 1,076

Eastern Region – 911

Volta Region – 378

Upper East Region – 282

Northern Region – 187

Western North Region – 156

Bono East Region – 142

Oti Region – 115

Bono Region – 96

Upper West Region – 70

Savannah Region – 51

Ahafo Region – 36

North East Region – 9

Source: Daily Mail GH