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COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 15 As Uganda Registers Whopping 60 New Cases

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The Ministry of Health has announced that Uganda has registered two deaths.

This brings the total COVID-19 deaths to fifteen.

The two fatalities are both Ugandan males aged 63 and 33 years old.

They were admitted at Rubaga Hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID -19

In the same vein, results from samples tested on 16th August 2020 confirmed sixty new cases.

Of the sixty new cases; – twenty-eight are alerts, fourteen are contacts to previously confirmed cases, fourteen are returnees and four are truck drivers.

Regarding the twenty-eight alerts; – fifteen are from Kampala, five from Namisindwa, two from Luwero and six from Moroto, Arua, Gulu, Pader, Katakwi and Kasese

Of the fourteen contacts to previously confirmed cases; – seven are from Kasese, four from Kampala, three from Arua, Masaka and Kikuube.

The fourteen returnees are broken down as follows; – nine from Saudi Arabia, two from Kenya, three from Germany, Oman and Ethiopia.

Of the four truck drivers; – two arrived from South Sudan via Madi Opei while two arrived from DRC via Lia and Mpondwe Points of Entry respectively.

Twenty-one foreign truck drivers of which 11 are Kenyans, 7 are Congolese, 2 are Eritrean and 1 is Tanzanian tested positive for COVID-19 at the border points of entry and their entry into the country was not permitted.

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