The official web portal of the Ghana Health Service has revealed that Ghana has tested a total of 315 suspected cases of the novel coronavirus as of 22 March 2020.
Per the details gathered by OccupyGh.com, Twenty-four (24) of these cases have been confirmed at the laboratory as COVID-19.
Twenty-three of the confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation and one (1) of the cases who had the underlying chronic pulmonary condition before having COVID-19 has died.
Among the confirmed cases, seventeen (17) are of Ghanaian nationality and seven (7) other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, France, UK. Concerning contact tracing, a total of 575 contacts have been identified and are being tracked.
One (1) of the contacts developed symptoms and has been confirmed positive.
All the other twenty-three (23) confirmed cases are being managed in isolation, and are doing well on treatment.
Source: OccupyGh.com
Source: OccupyGh.com
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