Five (5) new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Greater Accra Region.
29-year-old Ghanaian lady; resident of Accra; no history of travel; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory
34-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of Accra; contact of a confirmed case at place of work sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.
53-year-old Ghanaian male, resident of Tema; no history of travel, no evidence of close contact with confirmed case; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.
41-year-old Ghanaian male; 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; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.
36-year-old Ghanaian male; resident of Paris, France; date of arrival in Ghana unconfirmed; no evidence of contact with infected person.
This brings to a total of sixteen (16) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death.
Contact tracing has been initiated in all these confirmed cases.
Source: Ghana Health Service
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