The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that the country’s death toll has shot up to 139, after 270 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded.
This is as a result of four new deaths recorded by the GHS.
Information available to the public from the Service’s website shows that, the confirmed cumulative COVID-19 cases have risen from 23, 834 to 24,518 as at Sunday, July 12, 2020.
The GHS also reported that the number of discharged COVID-19 patients after recovery was 20,187 while current active cases stood at 4,192.
According to GHS, the cumulative cases per region in a descending order are as follows:
Greater Accra Region – 13,404
Ashanti Region – 5,254
Western Region – 2,128
Central Region – 1,110
Eastern Region – 931
Volta Region – 390
Upper East Region – 282
Bono East Region – 205
Northern Region – 186
Western North Region – 173
Oti Region – 120
Bono Region – 107
Ahafo Region – 98
Upper West Region – 70
Savannah Region – 51
North East Region – 9
