Ghana has recorded three more cases of the coronavirus less than 24 hours after five additional cases were reported.
This is according to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Aboagye.
Two were reported from Greater Accra Region and one from the Ashanti Region.
The carriers include a 55-year-old Ghanaian woman; resident of the UK who returned to Ghana within two weeks and an 84-year-old Ghanaian lady who is a resident of the United Kingdom but came back to Ghana within the past two weeks.
From the Ashanti Region, a 27-year-old Chinese male who returned to Ghana two weeks ago also tested positive.
On Friday, Ghana recorded five more cases of the deadly disease that has infected almost 300, 000 people globally.
The first was a 29-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of Accra with no history of travel. Sample taken from her confirmed positive in the laboratory.
The second is a 34-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of Accra who had contact of a confirmed case at her place of work.
Also, a 53-year-old Ghanaian male, resident of Tema with no history of travel, no evidence of close contact with a confirmed case. Samples confirmed positive in the laboratory.
A 41-year-old Ghanaian male who arrived in Ghana by KLM on the 15 March 2020; indicated exposure with family members in Amsterdam exhibiting respiratory symptoms and also on the flight with some passengers sneezing and coughing.
The fifth person is a 36-year-old Ghanaian male resident of Paris, France; date of arrival in Ghana unconfirmed with no evidence of contact with an infected person.
China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany have suffered the highest number of infections.
The current death toll suggests 4 per cent of patients who catch the virus die from it.
But experts say the death rate is probably lower than that because the true number of infections is much higher is far greater because some countries, including the UK, are only testing people hospitalised by the illness.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
