In Ghana the novel cases of Coronavirus have risen to 16.
The progress was verified by the Ghana Health Service website, dedicated to updating Ghanaians on COVID-19 cases.
The five new cases in the Greater Accra Region are all in.
The latest update indicates the spreading of fears in the group has started in Ghana with at least two of the infected people having no travel history outside Ghana.
Below are information on the new reported cases:
Five (5) new confirmed cases on the 20th of March 2020. All five 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;
This brings to a total of sixteen (16) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death.