This was after its counterpart, the Bono East Region, recorded its first case this week, according to the Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie.
At yesterday's COVID-19 briefing in Accra, he said details would be made public in the ensuing days because information about the new case was received moments before the briefing.
He said the national tally went up after 186 new cases were recorded in 31 districts in four regions; Greater Accra had 140, Central-23, Ashanti -14 and Eastern, nine.
Greater Accra, he said, continues to have the highest number of cases of 5,148 Ashanti - 1,099; Central- 360, Western Region - 344, Eastern- 117, Western North Region - 62 and Volta-59.
According to the director of public health, the Northern Region had recorded 36 cases, Oti - 26, Upper East Region-26, Upper West- 22North East- 2; Savannah- and Bono one each.
