Covid-19: Ghana’s Cases Spike to 4,012, with 323 Recoveries

Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has increased from 3,091 to 4,012 as of May 8, 2020.

This is according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) via its official website for Covid-19 updates.

According to GHS, “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.”

The website, however, did not give the name of the industrial facility.

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Per the latest update, 20 more persons have recovered from the virulent disease, increasing total recoveries to 323.

The COVID-19 death count in Ghana according to the GHS remains at 18.

Regional distribution

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