The Ministry of Health informs the public that Uganda has registered one COVID-19 death on Friday.
This brings the total COVID-19 deaths to six (6).
The deceased, is a 70-year-old Ugandan male, a resident of Nateete, Kampala. On 24th July 2020, he presented at Lubaga Hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 which include: mild fever, cough and difficulty in breathing.
Further investigations revealed that he was diabetic; a risk factor for COVID-19. Upon deterioration, he was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the same hospital and COVID-19 samples were taken off from him and sent to laboratories for analysis. Samples were confirmed for SARS-COV-2.
He was later referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital on 28th July 2020 and admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Unfortunately, he passed away yesterday evening on 06th August, 2020. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
In the same vein, thirty-one (31) new COVID-19 cases were confirmed from samples tested on 06th August, 2020. Out of the new confirmed cases;-nineteen (19) are alerts, eight (8) are contacts to previously confirmed cases while four (4) are truck drivers.
Regarding the alerts:- four (4) are from Kampala Metropolitan Area, four (4) from Wakiso, one (1) from Sironko, one (1) from Bushenyi, two (2) from Kisoro, four (4) from Amuru, three (3) from Adjumani.
Five (5) contacts to previously confirmed cases are from Kampala Metropolitan Area, one (1) from Kabale, one (1) from Wakiso and one (1) from Namisindwa. Of the four (4) truck drivers, two (2) arrived from Kenya via Malaba Point of Entry while two (2) arrived from South Sudan via Elegu Point of Entry. T
Twenty-five (25) foreign truck drivers (18 Kenyans, 4 Tanzanians, 2 Congolese and 1 Rwandan) tested positive for COVID-19 at the border points of entry and their entry into the country was not permitted.
