The Ashanti Region has recorded 13 new coronavirus cases, according to a situational report that was released on Saturday.
Consequently, the Region’s new case count is 62 up from 49 as of Friday.
Of the new cases, five are from Obuasi increasing its caseload to 8 from 3 as of Friday. Obuasi is 4th on the regional distribution table.
Oforikrom has also recorded 3 new cases taking its tally to 9, while Atwima Nwabiegya North recorded 2 new cases to push up its tally to 4. Suame has also recorded an additional case.
Asokore Mampong municipality also recorded its first case per the situational report.
On the regional table, Kumasi metro and Asokwa municipality top the list of reported infections with 13 cases each, followed by Oforikrom and Obuasi East municipalities with 9 and 8 cases respectively.
Atwima Nwabiagya North has 4 cases while Suame, Kwadaso, Bekwai and Ejisu municipalities recording two cases each.
Atwima Kwanwoma, Bosomtwe, Atwima Nwabiagya South, Afigya Kwabre South, Sekyere East and Asokore Mampong municipality have recorded a case each.
Per the Situation report for Ashanti, more than half of confirmed cases are males, representing 55 per cent while that for females stand at 45 per cent.
Out of 754 contacts listed in the region, 340 of them are said to have completed mandatory 14-day follow-up. It comes as 21,762 samples collected have been tested