The Ministry of Health has confirmed forty (40) new COVID-19 cases from 1,319 samples tested on 31th May 2020.
All confirmed cases are Ugandans. Twenty-three (23) of the new confirmed cases are 993 Samples from Points of Entry while seventeen (17) are from 326 samples of contacts and alerts.
The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Uganda is now 457.
Additionally, thirtyone (31) foreign truck drivers 11 Tanzanians, 19 Kenyans and 1 Eritrean) tested Positive for COVID-19 and were handed back to their respective countries of origin.
Confirmed Cases: Twenty (20) of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via (Elegu Point of Entry).
Two (2) of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who arrived from Tanzania via Mutukula Point of Entry
One (1) of the confirmed cases is a truck driver who arrived via Padea Point of Entry.
Seventeen (17) of the confirmed cases are contacts to previously confirmed cases.
These include: 2 from Gulu, 1 from Jinja, 3 from Amudat, 3 from Wakiso, 2 from Amuru, 1 from Yumbe, 2 from Zombo, 3 from Nebbi districts.
Currently, there are 303 admitted COVID-19 confirmed cases in 15 Referral Hospitals in the country. All are in stable condition. To-date, Uganda has registered a total of 72 COVID-19 recoveries and no COVID-19 related death recorded.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will tonight (Monday) address the nation following the soaring number of Coronavirus cases as government government plans to allow public transport.
