JUST IN || Coronavirus cases in Ghana rise to 19

March 21st, 2020 at 10:41 am

The confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana have risen to 19.

The latest cases were confirmed on March 20 and are all imported, according to the Ghana Health Service.

Two of the new cases were reported from the Greater Accra Region and the other in the Ashanti Region.

Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In Ghana Rises To Nineteen (19) As At 21 March 2020 – 09:40GMT

Three (3) new COVID-19 cases confirmed on the 20th March 2020. Two were reported from Greater Accra Region and one from Ashanti Region:

1. 55-year-old Ghanaian woman; resident of the UK; returned to Ghana within two weeks; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

2. 84-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of the United Kingdom; came back to Ghana within the past two (2) weeks; developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

3. 27-year-old Chinese male; returned to Ghana (Ashanti Region) in the past two weeks; developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.

This brings to a total of nineteen (19) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death. Contact tracing has started in all these confirmed cases.