Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has increased by 176 to 9,638, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.

On its Covid-19 website, the Service indicated that 44 people so far have lost their lives to the novel virus in the country whereas 3,636 have recovered from the disease.

Greater Accra still leads the other regions with 6,309 cases while Ashanti has 1,645.

The Western and Central regions, Ghana’s new hotspots have 624 and 489 cases respectively.

Eastern region’s figures have increased by three to 166; Volta has 102, Western North 74, Upper East 42 and Northern 37.

For the rest of the regions, Bono East has seven, North East two, Savannah one and Bono one.

Ahafo has yet to record any cases.