KAMPALA – The Ministry of Health has confirmed 204 COVID-19 cases from tests done on October 1, 2020.
This rises the total confirmed cases of Ugandans to 8,491.
According to the ministry, part of the new cases are 197 alerts and contacts to previously confimed cases.
“Kampala (68), Agago (37), Kapchorwa (11), Busia (10), Kween (9), Namisindwa (6), Jinja (5), Omoro (5), Bududa (5), Buliisa (4), Gulu (4), Mukono (3), Sironko (3), Wakiso (3), Yumbe (5), Butaleja (2), Mbale (2)Soroti (2), Adjumani (1), Amuru (1), Arua (1)Budaka (1), Kagadi (1), Kaliro (1), Kibuku (1), Koboko (1), Kyotera (1), Lira (1), Masindi (1) and Tororo (2),” the ministry said in a statement.
Additionally, 6 returnees with 2 from UAE, one from Saudi Arabia, one from South Sudan, one from Oman and one from DRC tested positive for coronavirus
1 truck driver from Elegu Point of Entry was also infected with COVID-19.
Uganda has also registered 4 COVID-19 deaths rising the death toll to 79.
“3 are from Kampala and 1 from Bududa,” reads an excerpt.
Ministry statistics indicate that 4,470 have recovered from COVID-19.
