Uganda’s COVID-19 Curve Swells as 35 new cases registered with 20 from Community

A health worker testing a woman for COVID-19 (internet photo)

The Ministry of Health confirms thirty-five (35) new COVID-19 cases from 2,267 samples tested on 04th June, 2020.

All the confirmed cases are Ugandans. Fifteen (15) of the new confirmed cases are from 1,412 samples from Points of Entry while twenty (20) are from 855 samples of contacts and alerts. The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Uganda is now 557.

Additionally, thirty-one (31) foreign truck drivers (18 Kenyans, 7 Tanzanians, 4 Congolese and 2 Burundians) tested positive for COVID-19 and were handed back to their respective countries of origin.

Confirmed Cases

Seven of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via Elegu Point of Entry.

Two of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who arrived from Kenya via Busia Point of Entry.

Three of the confirmed cases are from Lit, Malaba and Oraba Points of Entry.

Two members of security from Elegu Point of Entry.

One of the confirmed cases is a truck driver who arrived via Ngomokomo, Gulu District.

Twenty of the confirmed cases are alerts and contacts to previously confirmed cases.

These include: 7 from Kampala, 5 from Amuru, 3 from Mayuge, 2 from Kyotera, 1 from Wakiso, 1 from Dokolo and 1 from Amolatar Districts.

To-date, Uganda has registered a total of 82 COVID-19 recoveries and no COVID-19 related death recorded.

 

 

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