209 new COVID-19 cases take Ghana’s tally to 41,212

A total of 209 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed pushing Ghana’s coronavirus tally to 41,212.

According to the Ghana Health Service, the active cases are 2,270 with the discharges/recoveries count standing at 38,727.

The death toll remains at 215.

These new figures, according to the GHS are from samples that were taken from July 28 to August 6, 2020, but reported from the lab on August 7.

At least 25,084 of the total number of cases were discovered after enhanced contact tracing exercises. 16,128 was through general routine surveillance.

The Greater Accra Region still leads with 20,585 cases, with the Ashanti Region following with a total of 10,328 cases and the Western Region taking the third spot with 2,804 cases.

The case count per each region is as follows:

Greater Accra Region – 20,585

Ashanti Region – 10,328

Western Region – 2,804

Eastern Region – 1,933

Central Region – 1,721

Bono East Region – 684

Volta Region – 623

Western North Region – 568

Northern Region – 454

Bono Region – 439

Ahafo Region – 428

Upper East Region – 282

Oti Region – 204

Upper West Region – 88

Savannah Region – 62

North East Region – 9