The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) have confirmed that 55 persons have tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus in Accra Girls’ Senior High School.

According to the GHS and GES, the 55 comprise both students and staff and they tested positive out of a total of 314 persons who were tested after the school reported some cases earlier.

In a a joint press statement by the GES and GHS, it was disclosed that all confirmed cases have been isolated and put on treatment while contact tracing has began to identify probable cases.

Read the full press statement here;

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According to a press briefing by the Ghana Health Service Directorate (GHS), Ghana’s coronavirus case count has increased to 1,154.

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According to the report, 112 new cases have been recorded with 21 recoveries so far.

Director-General at the GHS, Dr Patrick Aboagye at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, April 22 disclosed this information to the press.

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Dr Patrick Aboagye in the press briefing disclosed that:

“Total samples tested so far now stands at 68,591 with 1.52 % testing positive. The results of these backlog of samples when released does not mean the number of new cases recorded on the day of the report. Regions that have reported cases remain the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Northern, Volta, Upper East, Upper West, Central, Western, and North East regions.”

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Ghana recorded two cases of Coronavirus which is also known as COVID-19 last week.

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According to the Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie three (3) more additional cases have been recorded in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

As confirmed, four more additional cases have been confirmed resulting in an increase of confirming 5 cases in the country so far.

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Per the Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie, two additional cases were confirmed from the Ashanti Region of the country specifically Obuasi.

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