132 is the latest number of COVID-19 cases reported by the Ministry of Health as at March 26, 2020.

According to the Ministry of Information, as at the morning of 26 March, a total of fifty-four cases including three deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance system.

All the three cases unfortunately succumbed to the disease were aged and had underlying chronic medical conditions. All the other fifty-one cases are well; fourteen are been managed at home and the rest are responding well to treatment on admission in isolation.

According to the MOI, they are awaiting their results and will be discharged when the results are negative.

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The statemnt further dislosed that the great majority of the confirmed cases are Ghanaians, who returned home from affected countries.  Seven are of other nationals namely; Norway, Lebanon, China, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The number of confirmed cases among travelers under mandatory quarantine who have been tested is seventy-eight.

“In respect of contact tracing, a total of 970 contacts have been identified and are been tracked. Out of these, two hundred and four have completed the 14 days mandatory follow up,” the statement added.