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Covid-19: Eight more die from virus in Ghana

By Laud Nartey
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Covid-19: Eight more die from virus in Ghana

A burial site in Accra, Ghana

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced on Monday, August 17 that eight more persons have died from the deadly Covid-19 disease in Ghana.

This, according to the GHS, has taken the country’s death toll to 239.

The current active cases has increased slightly from 1,839 to 1,847 with 121 new cases recorded, the Ghana Health Service announced on its website.

The total case count of the highly infectious disease in Ghana now stands at 42,653 with a total of 40,567 people either recovered or discharged.

By Laud Nartey|editors.3news.com|Ghana

 

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Laud Nartey is an online editor with current affair team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, 3News.com and more. Email: Laud.Nartey@editors.3news.com

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