Saturday 21st March, 2020
By
Samira Larbie, GNA
Accra, March 21, GNA
– Ghana has confirmed three more cases of the COVID-19, bringing the number to
19 with no deaths, as updated by the Ghana Health Service portal on the
disease.
The three new cases
were confirmed on March 20. Two were reported from the Greater Accra Region and
one from Ashanti Region.
According to the
official portal, a 55-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident of the United Kingdom
(UK), returned to Ghana two weeks ago and sample confirmed positive in the
laboratory.
“84-year-old
Ghanaian lady resident of the UK, came back to Ghana within the past two weeks;
developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.”
It said a
27-year-old Chinese male; returned to Ghana (Ashanti Region) two weeks ago,
developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive.
“This brings to a
total of nineteen (19) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no deaths. Contact
tracing has started in all these confirmed cases,” the portal said.
GNA