Coronavirus cases in the Western Region have shot up to nine.
Sources at the Western Regional Health Directorate told Radio Ghana that six cases were recorded in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. Five of these cases are returnees who live in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis while the other one has no travel history.
The two other confirmed cases were recorded in Axim in the Nzema East Municipality.
The Western Region recorded it’s first confirmed COVID-19 two weeks ago from a Chinese national who works with Coastal Quarry Company in Shama.
This according to the source are new cases and have nothing to do with the contact tracing of the Shama incident which was the regions first case for which results are pending.
The Western Regional Health Directorate is set to brief the media today about the new confirmed cases.
