Ghana has recorded 28 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.
The country’s active cases are now 1,501, this, according to the service has brought the country’s total confirmed cases to 130,391as of October 30, 2021.
The service has also indicated that 35 people are in critical condition while 11are said to be in severe conditions.
According to GHS, 127,702 people have recovered from the virus but unfortunately, 1,188 people have died as a result of the infection.
The service said it has so far conducted 1,885,473 tests since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020 with a positivity rate of 6.9.
On the regional case count, Greater Accra leads with active cases of 1,022 after recording 70,410 cases out of which 70,520 have recovered and have been discharged followed by Ashanti with 20,710 cases and 20,313 recoveries and discharges.
Western Region has 7,248 recoveries out of 7,466 cases while Central Region has 4,806 cases with 4,651 recoveries and discharges.
The Service also said that the Eastern Region has confirmed cases of 6,585with 6,436 recoveries and discharges while Oti has 837 recoveries with 847 cases.
It also stated that, the Bono East Region have recorded 2,552cases out of which 2,480 people have recovered and have been discharged.
The Volta Region, the GHS said has a total of 5,315 cases out which 5,220were recoveries and discharges thereby leaving the region with 16 active cases.
The Bono Region has a total 2,030 recoveries and discharges out of 2,119 cases.
The AhafoRegion has 1,058 cases with 1,025 recoveries while Savannah Region has 262 cases with 259 recoveries.
North East has 283 cases with 259 recoveries, Northern has 1,758 cases with 1,717 recoveries while Western North has 1,006 cases with 994 recoveries.
The Service said the Upper East Region has 1,454 cases with 1,390 recoveries, the Upper West has 739 cases with 709 recoveries while the International travellers (KIA) has 2,901 cases with 2,794 recoveries.
The GHS has therefore, called for the stricter enforcement of the COVID-19 safety protocol to help combat the pandemic.
