The Information Minister has announced that Ghana’s case count of the novel coronavirus has hit nine.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in a tweet, said the cases were confirmed overnight.
“Health services are still managing all suspected and confirmed cases well,” he said in a tweet.
Covid-19 Update
Unfortunately we have confirmed two more cases overnight. Ghana’s case count is now at 9. Health services are still managing all suspected and confirmed cases well.— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) March 19, 2020
This was also confirmed during the breakfast prayer meeting held at the Jubilee House on Thursday.
President Akufo-Addo is hosting Christian leaders from some of the country’s top denominations.
They are offering prayers for the country as cases for the novel coronavirus increases to nine.
“We pray for the nine people who have already been compromised. We ask that you heal them. That will heal them in Jesus’ name,” as stated as one of the key prayer topics.
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About the new cases
A statement published on the Ghana Health Service website said one patient is a 56-year-old man, a Ghanaian who travelled back to Accra from a trip to UK about a week ago.
The other is a 33-year-old Ghanaian, who returned to Accra from a conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
According to the GHS, both are imported cases adding that patients are currently receiving treatment in isolation.