• One hundred and seventy-two (172) cases were reported from a routine and enhanced surveillance activities and that of travellers under a 14day mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale sums up to one hundred and fifteen (115).
• The period for mandatory quarantine for travellers who arrived in the country between 21-22 March 2020 has ended.
Following measures for enhanced contact tracing and testing, Ghana has detected an increased number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
A total of 287 cases of COVID-19 with five (5) deaths have been recorded
The regional distribution of the cases are as follows: Greater Accra Region has most cases (256) followed by the Ashanti Region (18), Northern Region (10), Upper West Region (1), Eastern Region (1) and Upper East Region (1).
One hundred and seventy-two (172) cases were reported from a routine and enhanced surveillance activities and that of travellers under a 14day mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale sums up to one hundred and fifteen (115).
The period for mandatory quarantine for travellers who arrived in the country between 21-22 March 2020 has ended.
In all, a total 1,030 travellers were quarantined during the period.
Out of these, 79 (7.7%) were positive during the initial testing whilst 951 were negative.
Twenty-six (26) among those that were initially negative were found to have converted to be positive at the exit screening, bringing to a total of 105 which constitutes 10.2% among the travellers that were quarantined.
Credit to Source: Wentitrel News
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