Coronavirus: Another Dies At 37 Military Hospital, Husband In Bad Condition

Ghana has recorded its third coronavirus death.

A wife of a two-star general falls victim at the 37 Military Hospital whiles her husband who also contracted Covid-19 is in bad condition.

Sources said both of them have not travelled abroad for some time now but it is suspected that they may have contracted the virus when they received a parcel from the United Kingdom from a courier company.

Health authorities now are now tracing the person who delivered the parcel as well as other people who have been in contact with the two after they received the parcel.

The virus, since it was first detected in the country earlier this month, has so far claimed two lives.

68 Recorded In Ghana

Eleven more persons who were mandatorily quarantined by the government have tested positive for Coronavirus in Ghana.

This increases the total case count of the disease to 68 in Ghana with two deaths.

“Overall, 30 of the 68 cases have been reported in the general population with the remaining 38 cases among persons currently under mandatory quarantine. As of 24 March, total of 1,030 persons are under mandatory quarantine; samples from 863 of them have been tested and 38 confirmed positive,” the GHS added.

---with files from myjoyonline