Breaking News: Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In Ghana Hit 313 With 6 Deaths

The Coronavirus situation in Ghana keeps worsening as the number of cases keeps on increasing with each passing day.

An update from the Ghana Health Service dedicated blog on Coronavirus reveals that the number of Coronavirus cases in Ghana has jumped from 287 to 313.

This means that 26 new cases have been recorded in Ghana.

SITUATION UPDATE, CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN GHANA AS AT 07 APRIL 2020, 14:40 HRS

Enhanced contact tracing and testing is ongoing in Ghana and have resulted in an increased number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

As at 7th April 2020, 23:30 hr, a total of 313 cases of COVID-19 with six (6) deaths have been recorded. The regional distribution of the cases are as follows: Greater Accra Region has most cases (274) followed by the Ashanti Region (25), Northern Region (10), Upper West Region (1), Eastern Region (1), Upper East Region (1) and Central Region (1).

A total of 161 cases were reported from the routine surveillance, 37 from enhanced surveillance activities and those from travelers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale are 115.

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The period for mandatory quarantine for travelers who arrived 21-22 March 2020 has ended. In all, a total of 1,030 travelers were quarantined during the period. Out of these, 79 (7.7%) were positive during the initial testing whilst 951 were negative. Twenty-six (26) among those that were initially negative were found to have converted to be positive at the exit screening, bringing to a total of 105 which constitutes 10.2% among the travelers that were quarantined.

With regards to enhanced contact tracing and testing, as at 7th April 2020, a total of 11,016 samples from contacts have been processed and 37 (0.34%) have been confirmed positive for COVID-19.

Source: ENewsGhana.com