Ghana has recorded five coronavirus deaths as at Saturday 28th March 2020.
This was revealed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on their website dedicated for the provision of updates on Covid-19 cases in Ghana.
Situation Update on the Ghana Health Service website states that as of 14:00 hours on the 28th March 2020, a total of 2,519 persons have been tested for COVID-19 in Ghana.
Among the tested, 1,276 (50.7%) were persons under mandatory quarantine with 1,243 (49.3%) from routine surveillance activities.
Among all 2,519 persons tested, one hundred and forty-one (141) tested positive representing 5.6%.
Only three regions have so far reported cases- the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Upper West Regions from routine disease surveillance. One case has been confirmed in the Upper West Region.
A total of 731 contacts of confirmed cases are currently being followed up by the contact tracing team.
Two hundred and thirty-one contacts have completed the mandatory 14-day follow-up
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