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326 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed As Death Toll Rises To 52 In Uganda

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Ministry of health has released results from COVID-19 tests done on 11 September 2020 and 326 new cases have been confirmed.

The cumulative total confirmed cases of Ugandans are now 4,703

3 COVID-19 deaths from Kampala were also registered.

This brings the total COVID-19 deaths to 52.

The breakdown of the new cases are:

Contacts and alerts (317):  Kampala (94), Buikwe (93), Kitgum (29), Gulu (17), Moroto (19), Mbale (10), Amuru (9), Kapchorwa (8), Pader (7), Nwoya (5), Bududa (5), Mukono (5), Wakiso (4), Jinja (2), Omoro (2), Sironko (3), Zombo (2), Arua (1), Namisindwa (1), Tororo (1)

Returnees (9): India (5), Burkina Faso (1), Iraq (1), Italy (1) and Kenya(1)

Ugandan recoveries: 1998

Point of Entry samples: 178

Samples from contacts and alerts: 3,928

Samples tested: 4,106

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