Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has hit 153 following the death of five more patients, the Ghana Health Service has reported.

Also, 763 new cases have been confirmed, taking the nation’s total caseload to 28,430.

The confirmed cases were part of samples taken from 7 June to 16 July 2020.

The lab results, however, were reported on July 17.

So far, the total number of recoveries is 24,901.

This means the active cases stand at 3, 376.

Greater Accra Region – 15,328

Ashanti Region – 6,151

Western Region – 2,310

Central Region – 1,155

Eastern Region – 1,087

Volta Region – 511

Bono Region – 421

Bono East Region – 294

Upper East Region – 282

Northern Region – 271

Western North Region – 216

Oti Region – 147

Ahafo Region – 116

Upper West Region – 75

Savannah Region – 57

North East Region – 9