A number of 854 new coronavirus cases announced on Wednesday have increased Ghana’s case count to 22,822.
“A total of 854 new cases were reported on July 5,2020. These are samples that were taken from the period 16 June to 4 July 2020 as seen in Figure 8 but reported from the lab on July 5,” the Ghana Health Service said.
The death toll remains 129.
However, the recoveries have shot up to 17, 564, pushing the active cases to 5,129.
Regional breakdown:
Greater Accra Region – 12,560
Ashanti Region – 4,824
Western Region – 2,045
Central Region – 1,064
Eastern Region – 855
Volta Region – 370
Upper East Region – 278
Northern Region – 163
Western North Region – 158
Bono East Region – 142
Oti Region – 114
Bono Region – 96
Upper West Region – 58
Savannah Region – 50
Ahafo Region – 36
North East Region – 9
