3 August 2020

Greater Accra and Ashanti covid-19 case counts greater than most African countries

Greater Accra has more confirmed covid-19 cases  (18,882) than the other 15 regions combined (18,132).

If Greater Accra region were a country on its own in the WHO African region*, it would rank 6th out of 47 in case counts** after only South Africa (503,290), Nigeria (43,537), Ghana (35,501), Algeria (30,950) and Kenya (21,363).

Ashanti region (9,328), which has more cases than the other regions excluding Greater Accra combined (8,804), would rank 11th out of 47.

Regional covid-19 case counts range from 18882 in Greater Accra to 9 in North East


* The WHO Africa region excludes Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia
** Case counts  for 2nd August from the WHO Africa region covid-19 dashboard