COVID-19: Cases In Ghana Increases To 19

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In Ghana, the novel cases of Coronavirus have risen to 19.

The progress was verified by the Ghana Health Service website, dedicated to updating Ghanaians on COVID-19 cases.

The three new cases include two in the Greater Accra Region and one in the 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.