Ruth Cox Kugonza Amooti, 62, a prominent figure in Toro Kingdom has Tuesday passed away at Mulago Referral Hospital.
Cox, who was deeply entrenched in Toro Kingdom prompting the subjects to refer to her as princess, was evacuated from Fort Portal with breathing difficulties.
She was admitted to Mulago in Intensive Care (ICU) Unit but doctors couldn’t save her and she breathed her last on Tuesday morning.
Cox was related to Andrew Mwenda’s family and the veteran journalist together with his sister Hon Margret Muhanga took to social media to mourn her untimely passing.
The deceased last month shook internet when she introduced a 25 year old groom, Larry Richard Abaala.
“With deepest sorrow I announce the death of my childhood friend Princess Amooti Ruth Kugonza commonly known as aunt Cox. She passed on this morning in Mulago after we evacuated her from Fort Portal with breathing problems. We have been together in everything since time in memory,” Hon Muhanga announced.
Mr Mwenda taking to Twitter saying, Cox is his second relative to die of Coronavirus in two days.
“On Sunday, we lost a cousin, Margaret, to COVID-19. This morning we have just lost yet another cousin, Cox, to Covid. Covid is real and it is lethal. Avoid large social gatherings, socially distance and wear your mask at all times in public and sanitize all the time,” he said.
On November 3, Mwenda’s nephew Chris Ibaale, a popular lawyer in Kampala also succumbed to the disease at Mulago.
Uganda to date has registered 18165 COVID cases, 8675 recoveries and 181 deaths.
The government through Ministry of Health has appealed to the public to remain vigilant, observe social distance, wear a mask and wash hands.
A few Ugandans have fully complied with these SOPs.