Coronavirus: Central Region records 7 positive cases

The Deputy Regional Director of Health in charge of Public Health in Central Region, Dr. Kwabena Sarpong has revealed that the Central Region has recorded seven positive confirmed cases of COVID-19.

According to him, the Region had earlier recorded only two positive cases but five more were recorded after a contact-tracing was conducted by health officials.

Three of the infected persons are females and four are males with their ages ranging from twenty (20) to seventy (70).

One of the patients came from a yet to be disclosed jurisdiction, another from Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem District and five from Cape Coast.

Dr. Kwabena Sarpong disclosed that almost all the positive cases recorded in the Region were having no symptoms of the virus.

“They were not coughing, sneezing, their temperature was normal but when we took their samples for testing it came out positive,” he said.