The Northern Region is the latest to confirm its first COVID-19 death.
The deceased is an 80-year-old woman who reported to the Tamale Central Hospital over the weekend with symptoms of COVID-19.
Citi News’ Northern Regional correspondent, Diana Ngon said samples were taken to the Tamale Public Health and Reference Laboratory where she was confirmed to be COVID-19 positive.
According to the Northern Regional Health Directorate, about 29 staff of the Central Hospital have been asked to self-isolate while their samples have been taken for testing.
The region recorded three new cases in the recent update by the Ghana Health Service, raising the number from 16 to 19, out of which twelve have recovered and been discharged.
In an interview with Citi News, the Regional Health Director, John Eleeza said the deceased might have contracted the disease through her interactions with a number of people.
“From the documentation, no history of travel but the interesting thing is she sells oranges by the roadside so it means she has been interacting with a lot of people.
Otherwise, it is difficult to tell. Maybe when we get to the house we will know the kind of interaction. For now, we do not want to speculate.”
Meanwhile, the Administrator at the Tamale Central Hospital, Abdulai Fataw said the OPD attendance has reduced from over three hundred patients a day to forty since the wake of COVID-19, which is taking a toll on the hospital’s revenue generation.
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 5,127. This is as a result of 427 new cases, of which 272 are from the Obuasi township in the Ashanti Region. Ghana has tested a total of 161, 203 persons.
Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
