9 new cases lifts Ghana’s total to 214

ACCRA: Ghana recorded nine new cases late on Saturday to take its confirmed Covid-19 cases to 214, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has 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 travellers under mandatory quarantine in the capital, who had tested negative earlier, converted to positive upon repeat testing. A 37-yearold Ghanaian woman with no travel history and no contact with a confirmed case also tested positive.

Two cases recorded in Kumasi were Ghanaians who had travelled back from France within the past 14 days.

The third one is a Ghanaian with no travel history nor contact with any confirmed case, the statement said. The West African country recorded its first two cases on March 12.

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