The table below presents population size, cases counts and cases per 1 million population by region. The regions are ranked by total population size.
We see that generally population size is correlated with the total confirmed cases as would be expected - the regions with the largest populations tend to have higher cases. The regions with the highest cases counts currently are Greater Accra and Ashanti which have the second largest and largest population sizes respectively.
The cases per 1 million population column shows us that the severity of the outbreak is relatively worse in some regions than can be seen by looking at the absolute numbers.
Western Region's standardized case count of 439 is higher than Ashanti Region's 349 when taking population size despite the differences in total case counts. That means Western Region can be considered the second hardest hit region after Greater Accra.
Eastern Region has a higher case count than Oti, Upper East and Western North but ranks lower than all three when cases per 1 million population is used.
* Case count data from Ghana Health Service
(11-06-2020)
* Population data from Ghana Statistical
Service (2019 est.)