Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In Ghana Rise To 16 As President Akuffo Addo Allows Ghana Card Registration To Continue

Ghana has confirmed its cases of coronavirus pandemic has increased to 16.

The Ghana Health Service’s website dedicated to updating Ghanaians on COVID-19 cases confirmed the development.

Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In Ghana Rises To Sixteen (16) As At 20 March 2020 – 09:45GMT

Five (5) new confirmed cases on the 19th March 2020 were reported from Greater Accra Region.

— 29-year-old Ghanaian lady; resident of Accra; no history of travel; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

— 34-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of Accra; contact of a confirmed case at place of work; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

— 53-year-old Ghanaian male, resident of Tema; no history of travel, no evidence of close contact with confirmed case; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

— 41-year-old Ghanaian male; arrived in Ghana by KLM on the 15 March 2020; indicated exposure with family members in Amsterdam exhibiting respiratory symptoms and also on the flight with some passengers sneezing and coughing; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.

— 36-year-old Ghanaian male; resident of Paris, France; date of arrival in Ghana unconfirmed; no evidence of contact with infected person;

Contact tracing has been initiated in all these confirmed cases.

No deaths related to the COVID-19 virus have been reported in South Africa despite the growing number of patients.

This brings to a total of sixteen (16) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death.

The Ghanaian government has introduced several measures to curtail the spread — including closing schools, stopping travelers from badly affected countries from visiting South Africa and prohibiting gatherings of over 100 persons.