Five (5) new confirmed cases on the 20th of March 2020. All five were reported from Greater Accra Region - JulietSam Media

Five (5) new confirmed cases on the 20th of March 2020. All five were reported from Greater Accra Region.

The rate at which the COVID-19 is taking lives is really disturbing. In the past few weeks, Corona Virus (COVID-19) has taken more lives than we can imagine, both Asia, Europe and Africa as well.

The COVID-19 cases in Ghana keeps increasing amist all the preventive measures putten in place to fight it.

Five (5) new confirmed cases on the 20th of March 2020. All five were reported from 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.


It's advisable to respect and take the directives of the health ministry very serious to avoid being infected by the deadly virus COVID-19.

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