Covid-19 cases in Ghana has sharply risen to 566 after the Ghana Health Service confirmed 158 new cases from what it detected in its last update.
According to an update on the Ghana Health Service’s website, Western and Volta regions have now become the ninth and tenth regions respectively to confirm a case of COVID-19.
“As of April 11, a total of 37,954 persons have been tested with 566 being positive for COVID-19. The breakdown of the 566 positive cases are as follows: four have been treated, discharged and tested negative, 552 cases have been categorised as mild disease on treatment, two moderate to severe cases, none currently on ventilators and eight have died.
“Of the 566 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 292 were reported from the routine surveillance, 159 from enhanced surveillance activities and 115 from travellers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale”, the update on the website read.
Check out the regional breakdown below:
| Region | Cases |
| Greater Accra | 452 |
| Ashanti | 49 |
| Volta | 9 |
| Northern | 10 |
| Eastern | 32 |
| North East | 1 |
| Upper East | 4 |
| Upper West | 7 |
| Central | 1 |
| Western | 1 |
