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COVID-19: Cases Rise To 21,968

Headlines COVID-19: Cases Rise To 21,968
JUL 7, 2020 LISTEN

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 21,968.

Some 891 new infections have been detected in 73 districts.

Clinical recoveries are up to 17,156 with the death count standing at 129.

There are 4,683 active cases of which 22 are severe cases.

Six of the severe cases are in a critical condition and five are on ventilators.

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at a press briefing today said these new cases are from samples dating back “mainly from June 26 to July 3.”

For the bulk of the new cases, 571 were recorded in 24 districts in the Greater Accra Region, 93 cases from 18 districts in the Ashanti Region and 86 from five districts in the Western Region.

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