The department also sent out a reminder to the public about the government's directives to suspend all public gatherings.
"In this regard, the GTA hereby orders all beaches to be closed to the public until further notice. The GTA with the support of the National Sercurity and the Ghana Police Services will begin patrols from Tuesday, March 24 2020 to ensure compliance with the closure order," GTA said a statement. The country has since recorded its second death from Coronavirus and a total of 521 suspected cases have been tested by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research , according to the Ghana Health Service .