Accra, Tema and Kumasi are epicentres of the coronavirus disease - Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has identified, Accra and Tema in the Greater Accra Region and Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as the epicentres of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana.

At a press briefing in Accra Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu said: "What we have identified so far in Ghana now, we may have, we can describe two areas in Ghana as our own epicentres, Accra and Tema together and Kumasi."

"We have adequate room in Accra... to actually take care of all those who have tested positive at the moment. But going forward, a team is going round identifying places that we can use for isolation for case management, not only in Accra.

Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases in Ghana has risen from 27 to 52.

Health Minister, Kwaku Manu Agyemang, made this disclosure at a presser in Accra, Tuesday.

The 25 new cases, according to the minister, were confirmed among the 1,030 people who are under mandatory quarantine in the country after arriving at the Kotoka International Airport hours to the deadline for the closure of the country’s borders.

"Out of the 185 test results received, we have 25 of those quarantined tested positive. If you add on to the earlier number of 27, it means we have 52 tested positive in our country at the moment.



"Those in quarantine, we have actually deployed psychologists to have chats with them. We are also in the process of handing them over to our case management teams we have set up. We have started taking them to isolated centres for case management," Mr. Agyemang-Manu said.

Out of the 52 confirmed cases, two persons have died.