{"id":15083,"date":"2020-05-05T00:18:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=15083"},"modified":"2020-05-05T00:43:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T21:43:55","slug":"8-new-cases-of-covid-19-detected-uganda-now-stands-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/05\/8-new-cases-of-covid-19-detected-uganda-now-stands-at-97\/","title":{"rendered":"8 New Cases of COVID &#8211; 19 Detected, Uganda Now Stands at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the ministry of health has today confirmed 8 more cases of Coronavirus in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six of the cases out of 2,061 samples are from truck drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two cases are from the community and were obtained from the Rapid Assessment Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One community case is of a resident of Kyotera District while the other is a Ugandan truck driver from Mutukula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda has so far registered 97 cases of COVID \u2013 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a better note, three patients were today discharged after they completely healed from COVID \u2013 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c3 patients have recovered from COVID-19, tested negative twice for the disease at an interval of 24 hours and been discharged from Entebbe Grade B Hospital, this afternoon. 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