May 8th, 2020 at 07:20 pm
From a previous total case count of 3,091, Ghana now has new cases of a whooping 921 cases, which the first of its kind in Ghana’s data. The total case count is now at 4,021.
The Ghana Health Service reveal that this worse rise is an addition of recorded cases from an industrial facillity in the country. According to them, “Over 50% of these cases were as a result of an outbreak in an industrial facility with 1,300 workers of which 533 have been confirmed positive.”
A total of 20 additional recoveries has been recorded putting total recoveries at 323 with death totalling 18.
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OF CASES
Greater Accra – 3,436
Ashanti – 210
Eastern – 96
Central – 58
Western North – 56
Western – 35
Volta – 32
Upper East – 26
Oti – 24
Upper West – 20
Northern – 16
North East Region – 2
Bono – 1
Savanna – 0
Bono East – 0
Ahafo – 0