The first coronavirus patient in the Savannah region has been identified as a 31-year-old trader.
The young man works at Salaga but lives in Tamale in the Northern region.
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kumah Aboagye, who disclosed this at a press conference in Accra, said the patient is responding to treatment.
He noted that, 12 people, who came into contact with the man, have been identified through enhanced contact tracing.
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The Savannah region is the 14th region out of the country’s 16 regions to record a case of the deadly Coronavirus.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s case count has risen to 6,904 with 2,097 recoveries.