3 new cases of COVID-19 hit Ghana; total active cases now 23 with 575 contacts traced
- Ghana has recorded 3 new cases of COVID-19
- This sends the total number of infected people currently in Ghana to 23
- Ghana has confirmed 24 cases in total with 1 death
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Ghana has confirmed three new cases of the deadly COVID-19 also known as coronavirus with the total number of active cases now 23 with 575 contacts traced so far.
Reports indicate the 24 confirmed cases Ghana has had with one death have been from Norway, Lebanon, China, France, and the United Kingdom.
READ ALSO: 35-year-old Ghanaian who tested positive for COVID-19 speaks in interview
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Ghana confirmed its first two cases of the deadly coronavirus on March 13, 2020.
Since then, the number of confirmed cases in the country have increased almost every day. Most of the cases were imported but in total, 17 of the affected people have been Ghanaians with only 7 foreigners.
To control the number of cases confirmed in the country, the president of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on March 21, 2020, issued an order for all borders to be closed on the midnight of Sunday, March 22, 2020.
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Nana Akufo-Addo also stated in March 21's nation's address that all contacts traced to COVID-19 patients in Ghana shall be tested for the disease and this is also expected to help keep the diseases under full control.
In other news, a 35-year-old Ghanaian who tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated under isolation conditions has spoken about his experience
According to the gentleman, he does not experience any symptoms but chose to get tested since he had returned from France recently
It is indicated that the 35-year-old spent 14 days in France on an official assignment after which he returned to the country
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