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Six more people in the country have died from the novel coronavirus, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported.
Also, 679 persons have been infected with the virus bringing the country's total confirmed cases to 60,794.
The new deaths bring the death toll to 367 and 3,286 active cases.
The number of active cases has shot up by 44 after a GHS report on the number of cases recorded in the country, January 19.
However, a total of 57,141 recoveries/discharges have been recorded.
The Ghana Health Service has scheduled a press conference on Monday to discuss issues in relation to the surge of Covid-19 cases.
Below is a breakdown of the cumulative cases per region as at January 19.
Greater Accra Region – 34,255
Ashanti Region – 11,612
Western Region – 3,261
Eastern Region – 2,698
Central Region – 2,215
Bono East Region – 795
Volta Region – 816
Western North Region – 689
Bono Region – 619
Northern Region – 645
Ahafo Region – 537
Upper East Region – 464
Oti Region – 244
Upper West Region – 152
Savannah Region – 62
North East Region – 25
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