Information available to backend.theindependentghana.com indicates that Niger has reported its first case of the coronavirus, tracing victims travel history to Ghana.

According to a available information, the patient was reported to have returned to Niger after passing through several countries including Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Ghana.

The 36-year-old patient is believed to have been working for a transport company.

He had travelled through Lome, Accra, Abidjan and Ouagadougou.

According to the Niger government, the patient is stable and efforts were ongoing to contain the virus.

Niger becomes the latest African country to confirm its 1st case of the deadly coronavirus also known as the COVID-19.

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.