Details of the 7 persons who have just been killed by coronavirus

Ghana’s Coronavirus related deaths rose from 122 to 129 following the demise of 7 persons, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced Monday.

6 out of the 7 had co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, and right breast cancer while 1 had none. 4 were females whereas 3 were males.

The deaths were recorded in the Ashanti and Central regions with the former having 5 persons succumbing to the disease. The ages are 62, 56, 39, 63, 75. Two others clocked 80.

The country’s case count has also seen a surge by 992 in a single update.

“These are samples that were taken from the period 18 June to 1 July 2020,” GHS reports.

According to GHS, the number of recoveries/discharges now stands at 16,070 from the previous 14,870.

This now puts the country’s active case count at 4,878.

Meanwhile, 6 persons are in critical condition, 5 on a ventilator whereas 22 are severally ill.



Regional breakdown of the cases below:

Greater Accra Region – 11,508

Ashanti Region - 4,534

Western Region - 1,846

Central Region - 992

Eastern Region - 835

Volta Region - 369

Upper East Region - 278

Northern Region - 137

Bono East Region - 139

Western North Region - 154

Oti Region - 112

Upper West Region - 55

Savannah Region - 46

Ahafo Region - 26

Bono Region - 38

North East Region - 8