Six of the 10 reported cases of Covid-19 in Northern region have tested negative after treatment, health officials say.

The patients can however, not be declared fully recovered until they have undergone a second round of testing with the results remaining negative.

Dr John Eleeza, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday in the regional capital, Tamale.

He said three of the patients still tested positive and are, therefore, still under treatment.

One of the patients, who absconded from the treatment centre is still on the run.

Further details from the region

Addressing the media on the situational report from the region, Deputy Director of the GHS, Braimah Baba Abukari said currently, no district in the region is conducting contact tracing.

He said a total of 284 cases of the Covid-19 pandemic have been investigated.

Dr. Abukari said 83 of those fit the cases definition for Covid-19. Ten tested positive and 54 tested negative.

He said 19 of the suspected cases are still awaiting their results.

National situation

On the national front, there is a glimpse of hope after the GHS declared 83 persons as fully recovered on Wednesday.

The number of reported cases, however, went up by five, sending the tally to 641.

Greater Accra, the epicentre of the pandemic in Ghana leads with a total of 514 cases. The number of regions affected remain 10.

Also, parts of the Greater Accra region, Kasoa and parts of the Ashanti region remain under lockdown in efforts to contain the spread of the disease.