Ghana has recorded two new deaths from COVID-19 bringing the death toll to 817.
The death toll as of Thursday, July 15, 2021, stood at 815.
An update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that as of Saturday, July 17, 2021, the country had recorded a total of 304 new cases with 3,466 active cases.
This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 99,734 representing 7.3 per cent of the positivity rate.
According to the update, the number of persons who have recovered/discharged from the disease is 95,457 while 26 persons are in severe condition with 15 others in critical condition.
Out of 370,942 tests conducted on international travellers, 2,031 international travelers who had arrived in the country had tested positive for the disease representing 0.5 per cent of the positivity rate.
Cumulative Cases per Region
The Greater Accra Region still leads with the highest number of active cases followed by the Ashanti Region and Western Region
 Greater Accra Region - 54,569
 Ashanti Region - 17,210
 Western Region - 5,991
 Eastern Region - 4,572
 Central Region - 3,565
 Volta Region - 2,704
 Northern Region - 1,661
 Bono Region - 1,507
 Bono East Region - 1,481
 Upper East Region - 1,323
 Western North Region - 935
 Ahafo Region - 847
 Upper West Region - 500
 Oti Region - 475
 North East Region - 231
 Savannah Region - 132
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