Greater Accra approaches 10,000 cases as national count reaches 17,741

2,734 new covid-19 cases have been recorded in Ghana since our update last week. Ashanti passed 3,000 cases with Western North and Ashanti moving into triple digit number of cases.

Greater Accra contributed 43% of the new cases (1,167), followed by Ashanti with 26% of new cases (700). Western Region (343) and Eastern (216) contributed 13% and 8% respectively.

Bono saw a six-fold jump in cases from 3 to 18.

Other regions with notable increases who had over 60% increases in their numbers were Northern which increased from 77 to 120 and Bono East which increased from 35 to 52.

Ahafo is the only region that did not report new cases in the past week.