Mayor Kobina Kurentsir Sam
A Mayor for Ghana’s Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly has reportedly died.
Reports making the rounds in Ghana says Mayor Kobina Kurentsir Sam, has passed on at the University of Ghana Hospital in Accra.
His close aide (name withheld) is believed to have told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan that he died from coronavirus.
A few weeks ago, African Entertainment gathered that Mayor’s personal driver tested positive for coronavirus.
The Mayor’s driver was put into isolation but the mayor continued to report to work despite calls for him to self-isolate, according to reports.
Coronavirus deaths in Ghana as of Friday June 12, 2020 stood at 48, with over 10,856 confirmed cases.