Sixteen cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Ghana.

Three of the five new cases have no travel history.

According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), all five were reported from the Greater Accra Region.

The first new case is a 29-year-old Ghanaian lady who is a resident of Accra who has no history of travel.

The second case is a 34-year-old Ghanaian lady also resident in Accra. The patient is a contact of a confirmed case at a place of work; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.

A 53-year-old Ghanaian male is the third confirmed case. He is resident in Tema with no travel history. GHS said there was no evidence of close contact with confirmed case and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.

--- 41-year-old Ghanaian male; arrived in Ghana by KLM on the 15 March 2020; indicated exposure with family members in Amsterdam exhibiting respiratory symptoms and also on the flight with some passengers sneezing and coughing; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.

--- 36-year-old Ghanaian male; resident of Paris, France; date of arrival in Ghana unconfirmed; no evidence of contact with infected person;

This brings to a total of sixteen (16) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death.

Source: MyJoyOnline.com