Peacefmonline.com can confirm that the country's Coronavirus case count has risen to 5,638
Unfortunately, four more deaths have been recorded putting the number of deceased as at May 15, 2020 to 28
This was affirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website a few minutes before midnight.
The good news, however, is that, there have been 786 new recoveries in the last 24 hours.
According to the GHS, there has been a significant increase in the number of recoveries from 674 to 1,460.

Per the GHS statistics, only Savannah, Ahafo and Bono East remain the Regions without a confirmed case of Covid-19.
Regional breakdown:
Greater Accra – 4,248
Ashanti Region – 798
Central Region – 210
Eastern Region – 99
Western Region – 87
Western North Region – 57
Volta Region – 34
Northern Region – 31
Oti Region – 26
Upper East Region – 26
Upper West Region – 21
Bono Region – 1
Savannah Region – 0
Ahafo Region – 0
Bono East Region – 0
Volta Region Records First COVID-19 Fatality
In a related development, it is believed that one of the victims in the latest COVID-19 fatalities, was a 60-year-old woman who passed away at the Ho Teaching Hospital after returning from Accra two weeks ago.
The victim had complained of difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness.
According to an earlier report by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), filed hours before the GHS updated its website with the current figures, the deceased, who happens to be the first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho, gave up the ghost after five days on admission at the Regional COVID -19 Centre on May 14, 2020 at 1815 hours.
Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, in a statement, said the deceased was a known diabetic who had suffered a Cerebro-Vascular Accident (CVA) a few years ago.
Dr. Letsa said, “The patient was clinically managed in conformity with the established clinical protocols for the various disease conditions, psychosocial support given to the family of the confirmed case and all contacts and appropriate burial procedures currently underway”.
The Regional Minister said 39 staff including ten doctors, 28 nurses and an orderly were immediately quarantined as a precautionary measure after varying levels of exposure while contact identification, listing, tracing and testing was ongoing.
He said the Emergency Unit of the Ho Teaching Hospital was evacuated and shut down for 24 hours for fumigation.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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