The Ministry of Health informs the public that Uganda has registered one COVID-19 death on Sunday.
This brings the total COVID-19 deaths to seven.
The deceased is a 49-year-old female Ugandan, a resident of Wakiso who was HIV positive patient and on treatment.
She also had a history of asthma and tuberculosis (TB). These are risk factors for COVID-19.
On August 6, she presented at a private health facility in Wakiso with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 which include: fever, difficulty in breathing, chest pain, abdominal pain.
Upon admission, the attending clinicians suspected COVID-I9 and informed Ministry of Health.
Samples were taken off and sent to laboratories for analysis.
Results from the analysis confirmed SARS-COV-2.
Unfortunately, she passed away today morning at the private facility. May her soul rest in eternal peace. The contact tracing and listing process has begun and so far, 35 contacts have been listed.
In the same vein, 16) new COVID-I9 cases have been registered out of samples taken on August 8.
