Eastern Region records first case as overall numbers rise to 195

The Health Minister, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has announced that the deadly coronavirus in Ghana has shot up to 195 as of Wednesday morning with the Eastern Region recording its first case.

The Minister who made this known at a Press Briefing at the Ministry of information said “as of now, the death toll as a result of COVID-19 still stands at 5 whiles patients have been discharged and are ongoing home care”

Breaking down the cases into regions he said the Greater Accra Region has 174 of these cases, the Northern Region has 10, the Ashanti Region has nine, the Upper West Region has one and the Eastern Region also has one known case of the virus.

Parts of Ghana including Accra, Tema, Kumasi are currently on partial lockdown.