Accra, Ghana, June 17, 2020//-The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed 66 lives in Ghana since the local outbreak of the disease on 12th March, this year.
Ghana Health Service (GHS) which announced this also revealed that the country’s total caseload rose to 12,590 after the addition of 397 new cases today.
According to the GHS, three of the latest deaths had no underlying conditions. These three persons were aged under 40, it added.
While the other deceased persons had diabetes, hypertension and Sickle Cell as underlying conditions.
Additionally, six of these new deaths were recorded in the Ashanti Region, while the remaining were recorded in the Greater Accra Region.
Ghana also reported 4,410 recoveries with 8,114 active cases, the latest update from the GHS.
