Ghana's coronavirus case count moves to 6,683 as country records 66 new infections

Sixty-six (66) new Coronavirus cases have been recorded barely a day after the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced 131 infections.

The number of cases has moved from 6,617 to 6,683, information on GHS website said, Sunday morning.

20 more persons have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,998. The death toll has also increased to 32 after one more person with the virus has died.

Out of the 66 new cases, 18 came from Greater Accra region while 39 came from the Ashanti region. Central, Western, Volta and Northern regions have had their tallies increased by 2.

Savannah Region which hitherto had no infections has become the fourteenth region to record a case.

Regional breakdown of the 6,683 cases:

Greater Accra Region - 4,798

Ashanti Region - 1,049

Central Region - 299

Western Region - 210

Eastern Region - 106

Western North Region - 61

Volta Region - 47

Northern Region - 36

Oti Region - 26

Upper East Region - 26

Upper West Region - 21

North East Region - 2

Savannah Region - 1

Bono Region - 1

Ahafo Region - 0

Bono East Region - 0