Former Western Regional deputy minister dies of Coronavirus

A former Deputy Minister for the Western Region, Alfred Ekow Gyan, has passed away.

Mr Ekow Gyan is reported to have died of complications of the deadly COVID-19 virus.

He was brought to Accra for treatment but could not survive.

He gave up the ghost on Wednesday night, 3news.com gathered.

Alfred Ekow Gyan, popularly known as Abbott, was a two-time parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Takoradi Constituency.

He served as deputy regional minister from 2013 to 2017 under the presidency of John Dramani Mahama.