Covid-19: Deaths rise but active cases fall

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Ghana’s Covid-19 active cases keep fluctuating as the country’s total confirmed cases continue to rise.

The latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website on Monday, August 3 sees the active cases reduce from 3,467 to 3,308.

Deaths, however, increased by nine, from 182 from the previous update to 191.

The total cumulative number of cases is 37,812.

Out of this, 34,313 have either fully recovered or are recovering, therefore discharged.

Twenty-two are in severe conditions while six are in critical conditions with four said to be on ventilators.

The country has, so far, conducted almost 399,446 individual tests, leaving the positivity rate at 9.7 per cent.

Regional breakdown

Greater Accra – 19,320

Ashanti – 9,454

Western – 2,697

Central – 1,553

Eastern – 1,483

Volta – 609

Western North – 520

Bono East – 511

Bono – 439

Northern – 354

Upper East – 282

Ahafo – 232

Oti – 199

Upper West – 88

Savannah – 62

North East – 9

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana