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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Surveillance

Community-Based Surveillance and Geographic Information System‒Linked Contact Tracing in COVID-19 Case Identification, Ghana, March‒June 2020

Ernest Kenu, Danielle T. Barradas, Delia A. BandohComments to Author , Joseph A. Frimpong, Charles L. Noora, and Franklin A. Bekoe
Author affiliations: University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana (E. Kenu, D.A. Bandoh, J.A. Frimpong, C.L. Noora); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Accra (D.T. Barradas, J.A. Frimpong); Ghana Health Service, Accra (F.A. Bekoe)

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Table 1

SARS-CoV-2‒infected cases identified through GIS-linked contact tracing, Greater Accra, and Eastern Regions, Ghana, March 31–June 16, 2020*

Modality Before GIS-linked contact tracing, March 12–30, 2020 During GIS-linked contact tracing, March 31–June 16, 2020
No. contacts of known SARS-CoV-2‒infected persons who were reached for SARS-CoV-2 testing 653 86,248
No. SARS-CoV-2 tests conducted among contacts 651 85,463
No. SARS-CoV-2‒positive cases identified 193 3,202
Average weekly no. SARS-CoV-2‒infected cases identified 74 299

*Source: GHS 2020. COVID-19 sitrep March 2020. GHS, global health system; GIS, geographic information system.

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