Ghana has recorded 272 new cases of Covid-19 taking that overall tally to 9,910, the Ghana Health Service says.

In an update on its Covid-19 webpage, the Service said the death toll is now 48, meaning four more people have died.

All four cases were recorded in the Ashanti region. Nine, however, have been healed, increasing the recoveries to 3,645.

According to the Service, the number of active cases is at 6217.

Breaking down the figures regionally, the Service said Greater Accra has 6,436 – the highest of all recorded cases – while Ashanti follows with 1,734.

With 145 new cases, Western region’s total figure is now 769. Central has 489, Eastern 166, Volta 102, Western North 74 and Upper East 42.

The rest are Northern region 37, Oti 28, Upper West 22, Bono East seven, North East two, Savannah one and Bono one.

Ahafo is the only region without any Covid-19 cases.