26 May 2020

Savannah records first covid-19 case and Ashanti passes 1,000 cases

896 new cases have been confirmed in the past week leading to total case count of 6,964. Slightly less (-73) than the 969 new cases recorded in the week prior to this past one.

We noted last week that Western region had overtaken Eastern region's case count. Western region's case count tripled in the past week (from 111 to 334) moving it into the top 3 and surpassing confirmed cases in Central region.

Greater Accra contributed 42% of the new cases (372), the highest of any region. Western Region was next with 25% (223) followed by Ashanti with 20% (178)

Oti, and Upper East did not record any new cases in the past week.

Upper West has not recorded any new cases in the past two weeks.

Bono and North East have not recorded any new cases in the past three weeks.   

Bono East and Ahafo are the only regions without any confirmed cases.