6th person dies as Ghana's coronavirus case count rises to 313

One more person has been confirmed dead in Ghana after contracting Coronavirus, bringing the death toll to six (6), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reports.

Details of the deceased, however, is unknown as the GHS is silent on that.

Meanwhile, there has been an increase in the number of cases as 26 new cases have been confirmed. The case count has therefore risen to 313.

"...a total of 313 cases of COVID-19 with six (6) deaths have been recorded," says GHS.

The regional distribution of the cases, according to GHS are: "Greater Accra Region has most cases (274) followed by the Ashanti Region (25), Northern Region (10), Upper West Region (1), Eastern Region (1), Upper East Region (1) and Central Region (1)."

It adds that: "A total of 161 cases were reported from the routine surveillance, 37 from enhanced surveillance activities and those from travellers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale are 115.

"The period for mandatory quarantine for travellers who arrived 21-22 March 2020 has ended. In all, a total 1,030 travellers were quarantined during the period. Out of these, 79 (7.7%) were positive during the initial testing whilst 951 were negative. Twenty-six (26) among those that were initially negative were found to have converted to be positive at the exit screening, bringing to a total of 105 which constitutes 10.2% among the travellers that were quarantined.

"With regards to enhanced contact tracing and testing, as at 7th April 2020, a total of 11,016 samples from contacts have been processed and 37 (0.34%) have been confirmed positive for COVID-19."