Ghana has recorded 141 confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic.
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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