A health worker checks the temperature of a traveller as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana./Reuters
Ghana has confirmed nine additional COVID-19 cases, all from Greater Accra region. Four of them have no history of travel nor contact with any confirmed case. Other four have no travel history but are contacts of confirmed cases in Ghana; and one travelled to the country from Benin within the past 14 days.This is according to the Ghana's Outbreak Response Management Team.
As of Thursday, the West African country had recorded 204 coronavirus pandemic cases with five deaths.Those who died had underlying chronic medical conditions prior to COVID-19 infection.
The number of regions reporting cases remain five among them is Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern, Upper West and Eastern. The Greater Accra Region has most of the cases (183) followed by the Northern Region (10), Ashanti Region (9), Upper West Region (1) and Eastern Region (1).
Most of the cases are reported from routine and enhanced surveillance activities. Cases from travellers under mandatory quarantine remain 89.
Source: Ghana's Outbreak Response Management Team