Regional News of Sunday, 17 May 2020Source: Daily Mail60-year-old becomes first coronavirus patient to die in Volta RegionFile photoThe Volta Region on Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman, who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have been progressively getting weak prior to her presentation at the Teaching Hospital and passed on after five days on admission at the Regional COVID-19 Centre on May 14, 2020, at 1815 hours. Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, in a statement said the deceased was diabetic who had suffered a Cerebro-Vascular Accident (CVA) a few years ago. He said the Emergency Unit of the Ho Teaching Hospital was evacuated and shut down for 24 hours for fumigation.

Source: GhanaWeb May 17, 2020 03:33 UTC