First Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage and Wastewater in Ghana

Table 1

Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 and positivity rates across the environmental sites, 2020-2022.

Characteristics	Number of samples processed	Sites	SARS-CoV-2-positive samples	SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate (%)	value
Total	354		59	17%
Sample source
Sewage	74		20	27%	0.013
Wastewater	280		39	14%
Region
Ashanti	57	Ahinsine	2	12%	0.03
		Asokore Mampong Zongo	5
Bono	24	Sunyani Zongo	3	13%
Bono East	25	Techiman Sisaline	2	8%
Eastern	47	Akosombo	7	23%
		Koforidua	4
Greater Accra	102	Agbogbloshie	5	25%
		Nima Freetown	7
		Shiabu	9
		University Of Ghana	5
Northern	50	Koblimahgu	1	6%
		Nyanshegu	2
Volta	49	Aflao	1	14%
		Hohoe	1
		Kpando	1
		Togbe Afede Road	4