Ghana's Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise to 214

Ghana recorded nine new cases late Saturday to take 214 of its verified cases of COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said.

Of the nine confirmed cases, six were recorded in Accra and three in the second largest city of Kumasi.

"Four of the cases in Accra were contacts of existing cases, with no symptoms, but detected during the enhanced contact tracing and testing," the GHS said.

One of the travelers under mandatory quarantine in the capital, who had previously tested negative, was changed to positive following re-testing. In addition, a 37-year-old Ghanaian woman with no travel background and no reported case touch was also tested positive.

Two cases recorded in Kumasi were Ghanaians who had traveled back from France within the past 14 days. The third one is a Ghanaian with no travel history nor contact with any confirmed case, added the statement.

The West African country recorded its first two cases on March 12.

Ghana has extended the closure of the points of entry to deter any further importation of the infection into the country.

Source: Xinhua