ACCRA, Ghana – Saturday, May 16, 2020,/ https://africanpostonline.com/ — A 60-year-old woman dies of Covid-19 in the Regional COVID -19 Treatment Centre in Ho on May 14, 2020.
She is the first to die of COVID-19 in the Volta Region. A statement by the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), revealed that the deceased was diabetic and had suffered a Cerebro-Vascular Accident (CVA) a few years ago.
Reports indicate that the deceased returned from Accra two weeks ago, where she sought treatment at the Ho Teaching Hospital with symptoms of COVID-19 such as difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness.
Dr Letsa said, “the patient was clinically managed in conformity with the established clinical protocols for the various disease conditions, psychosocial support given to the family of the confirmed case and all contacts and appropriate burial procedures currently underway”.
The Emergency Unit of the Ho Teaching Hospital was evacuated and shut down for 24 hours for fumigation while 39 workers including ten doctors, 28 nurses and an orderly are quarantined as contact tracing and testing is ongoing.
Ghana has 5638 cases and 1, 460 recoveries. Total death of COVID-19 stands at 28 as four more victims died of the virus.
The Volta Region records 34 cases.
Renate Dzodzomenyo -African Post Online
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