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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 2

Comparison of SARS-CoV-2‒infected persons (cases) identified through routine surveillance and CBS in 6 districts, Ghana, May 1–December 31, 2020*

District No. cases reported from district No. cases detected by CBS Proportion reported by CBS volunteers, %
Amansie Central 60 3 5.0
Bia East 8 1 12.5
Bosome Freho 63 4 6.3
Sefwi Akontonbra 3 0 0.0
Sissala East 7 0 0.0
Sissala West 16 0 0.0
Total of all districts 157 8 5.1

*CBS, community-based surveillance.

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