COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll reaches 310; Airport cases rise

503,097 COVID-19 tests have so far been conducted in Ghana

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll reaches 310; Airport cases rise
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The COVID-19 death toll in Ghana has increased to 310 after four more persons succumbed to the disease.

The overall case count of the virulent disease has also seen a marginal increase to 47,151.

With the recovery count pegged at 46,490, the number of active COVID-19 cases have also risen steadily to 352 as of Thursday, October 15, 2020.

Of the new cases, 14 persons who arrived into Ghana via the Kotoka International Airport tested positive for COVID-19.

This brings to 77 the number of international travellers to have tested positive for COVID-19 following the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport.

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Ghana has so far conducted 503,097 tests since the first case was recorded in March.

See below the case count per region, and recoveries breakdown