The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) is ready for use to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Ghana, Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has said.

Similarly, Mr Agyemang-Manu said the Bank of Ghana has also allowed the government to use two floors of its hospital for the same purpose.

Mr Agyeman-Manu said at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday April 1 that: “The University of Ghana Medical Centre is ready for use. Trainings have been completed. Five ICU beds are also ready.”

Ghana's confirmed COVID-19 cases has jumped from 161 to 195 with five deaths as at 1 April 2020 Mr Agyeman-Manu said.

Thirty-four new cases were recorded on Tuesday, 31 March.

The Greater Accra Region has 174 cases, the Northern Region has 10, the Ashanti Region has nine, the Upper West Region has one and the Eastern Region also has one case of COVID-19.

Three persons have recovered and have been discharged.