Table 3.

Epidemiological link of Regional Index COVID-19 cases in Ghana, June 2020

Date of Reported Index Case	Region	District Reporting Index Case	Places Visited Prior to detection (Region/ District/Country)	Remarks
March 12, 2020	Greater Accra	Ayawaso West	Norway, Turkey	Two imported cases were reported simultaneously.
March 13, 2020	Ashanti	Obuasi	UK	Two index cases detected. One is an imported case while the other is a resident (community transmission)
		Kumasi	Kumasi Resident
March 14, 2020	Western	Shama	China	Imported
March 18, 2020	Eastern	Lower Manya Krobo	India	Imported
March 23, 2020	Upper East	Bolgatanga	Nkawkaw (Eastern Region)	Travelled between the two towns in a space of three days
March 25, 2020	Upper West	Wa	Greater Accra	Local transmission
March 27, 2020	Northern	Tamale	Guinea Residents – Travelled through Burkina Faso and Togo	Imported
April 5, 2020	Central	Cape Coast	UK, returnee	Imported
April 5, 2020	Volta	Aflao	Nigeria	Imported
		Hohoe	Greater Accra Region	Two index Cases who moved from Accra to Hohoe in a bid to escape lockdown restrictions
April 6, 2020	North East	West Mamprusi Municipal	Cargo Mate moving from Market to Market in the northern zone	Local Transmission. Posthumously confirmed.
April 17, 2020	Oti	Nkwanta	Greater Accra Region	Travelers to the Northern region who moved from Accra in order to avoid the mandatory lockdown announced by Government
April 17, 2020	Western North	Bibiani	Mines worker, No history of travel	Community Transmission
May 15, 2020	Savannah	East Gonja	Works in Salaga, Resident in Tamale (Northern Region) during weekends	Community transmission
May 20, 2020	Bono East	Tano South Municipal	Obuasi	Local Transmission (Moved from Ashanti Region – one Epicenter)
May 25, 2020	Ahafo	Asutifi South	Resident, No travel History	Community Transmission
May 29, 2020	Bono	Jaman North	Ivory Coast	Imported Case (Togolese National)