Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of COVID-19 Cases in Ghana, 2020

	Baseline Characteristics	Confirmed Cases N (%)
Sex		n=17,763
	Male	10,271 (57.8)
	Female	7491 (42.2)
Age		n=10,487
	0–9	250 (2.4)
	10–19	708 (6.8)
	20–29	3,073 (29.3)
	30–39	3,209 (30.6)
	40–49	1,652 (15.8)
	50–59	1,003 (9.6)
	>60	592 (5.6)
Occupation		n=4,184
	Health worker	683 (16.3)
	Formal employment	1,700 (40.6)
	Artisan/ Self employed	1,310 (31.4)
	Unemployed	491 (11.7)
Symptoms Status		n=17,763
	Symptomatic	3521 (19.8)
	Asymptomatic	14,242 (80.2)
Common Symptoms		n=3,521
	Cough	1,420 (40.3)
	Headache	1,092 (31.0)
	Fever	865 (24.5)
	General Weakness	667 (18.9)
	Chest Pain	300 (8.5)
	Joint/ Muscle Pain	248 (7.0)
	Sore throat	195 (5.5)
	Difficulty Breathing	130 (3.6)
Period of diagnosis		n=17,763
	Month One	1,648 (9.3)
	Month Two	5,545 (31.2)
	Month Three	7,380 (41.5)
	Month Four	3,190 (17.9)

*Denominators are different due to missing data for some of the variables