Thirteen bodies have so far been recovered from last Sunday’s disaster at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region where a mining pit collapsed on some small-scale miners, popularly known as galamsey operators.

Rescuers worked throughout the night to retrieve bodies of small scale workers popularly known as ’galamsey’ operators still trapped in a pit which caved in at Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region on Sunday.

The number of small scale miners trapped in a mining pit at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region is now pegged at 75.

Thirty-five illegal miners who were part of a group of 120 "galamsey" operators mining a pit at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region have been trapped.

Three people, including a local chief, have died at Dankyira near Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region, following a deadly clash over a parcel of land believed to be a site for sand winning.