Sixteen cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Ghana. Three of the five new cases have no travel history.
Coronavirus in Ghana: According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), all five were reported from the Greater Accra Region.
The first new case is a 29-year-old Ghanaian lady who is a resident of Accra who has no history of travel.
The second case is a 34-year-old Ghanaian lady also resident in Accra. The patient is a contact of a confirmed case at a 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.
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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;
Coronavirus in Ghana: This brings to a total of sixteen (16) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death.
