The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed another case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of recorded cases to seven.

The recent Covid-19 case was announced yesterday [March 17, 2020] on the GHS’s official website and later on all media platforms.

The case involved a 35-year old male, a Ghanaian citizen, who returned to Accra from France within the past 14 days. This is another imported case as there are still no local transmissions of disease as of now.

The victim, according to the service, is in stable condition and being managed in isolation.

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This announcement comes two days after the Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service confirmed four more cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country.

The statement from the GHS added that, "with regard to contact tracing, a total of 350 contacts have been identified and are being followed up,".

"Two of the contacts who developed symptoms, had their samples tested but they came out to be negative. Currently, there is no death and all the seven (7) confirmed COVID-19 cases are being managed in isolation and are in stable condition," the statement further clarified.

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research have tested 143 suspected cases for COVID-19 as of March 17, 2020.