Ghana has recorded 3 new cases of the dreaded and fast spreading COVID-19 disease. This brings to 19 the total number of cases recorded.
Ghana recorded recorded up to 16 cases as at Friday.
The 3 new cases were confirmed on 20th March, 2020.
Two were reported from Greater Accra Region and one from Ashanti Region.
One of the cases involved a 55-year-old Ghanaian woman resident in the UK who returned to Ghana within two weeks.
Another involved an 84-year-old Ghanaian lady resident in the United Kingdom who came back to Ghana within the past two (2) weeks, developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.
The third case involved a 27-year-old Chinese male who 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.
