Fifteen more cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the Ashanti region bringing the total number of positive cases in the region to 84.

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrictk Aboagye, who confirmed the development in a  media briefing on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.

Ghana’s coronavirus cases have risen to 1671 with 188 recoveries, the Ghana Health Service has disclosed in a press briefing.

According to him, 1,461 are well or showing “no symptoms and responding to treatment”.

Out of the total cases, Dr Kuma-Aboagye said six patients are “critically ill” with two of them at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), three at Ga East Municipal Hospital and one at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Count of Cases per Region

• Greater Accra Region – 1,433
• Ashanti Region – 84
• Eastern Region – 57
• Oti Region – 17
• Central Region – 18 
• Northern Region – 13
• Volta Region – 11
• Upper West Region – 8
• Upper East Region – 18
• North East Region – 2 
• Western Region – 9
• Western North Region – 1
• Savannah Region – 0
• Bono Region – 0
• Ahafo Region – 0
• Bono East Region – 0

Source: Gnana/otecfmghana.com