Coronavirus: 183 new cases take case count to 5,918 with 31 deaths

Ghana’s case count for the novel Corona virus has risen to 5,918.

This means 183 new cases have been confirmed since the last update.

This is according to the Ghana Health Service’s latest update on Tuesday morning [May 19, 2020.]

The number of deaths have also increased to 31 after two new persons died from the virus.

The number of persons who have recovered from the virus in Ghana, however, remains at 1,754.

The new cases were recorded in six regions, with the most being in the Greater Accra region.

According to the Ghana Health Service, The Accra Metropolitan and the Korle Klottey areas in the Greater Accra regions are top contributors to the new cases in the region while in the Ashanti Region, Obuasi and Kumasi Metro are leaders contributing to the new cases.

Regional Breakdown of new confirmed cases

Greater Accra Region – 108

Ashanti Region – 63

Volta Region – 7

Central Region – 2

Oti Region – 2

Eastern Region – 1