By Nangayi Guyson
Kampala, Uganda (RTN), Uganda which seemed to have won the battle against the COVID-19 with tough measures when it break out early this year, is now showing signs of losing to the deadly virus.
The current statement released by the health ministry on Monday indicates that Uganda's COVID-19 cases have rose rapidly to 2,972 and most of the new infections are from the capital Kampala.
On top of that Uganda which had not recorded COVID-19 death since its lockdown in March , has in the months of June July and August recorded 32 COVID-19 deaths.
The
ministry confirmed 44 new cases out of 2,397 samples tested on Sunday.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 2,972.
Of the
44 confirmed new cases, 42 cases were of contacts and alerts who
included 31 are from Kampala, 5 Wakiso, 2 Kitgum. 2 Arua, 1 Gulu and one
from Tororo.
The other case was a returnee from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) while the other was a truck driver who arrived in the
country via Malaba.
"Four foreign truck drivers, three Kenyans
and one Burundian tested positive for the virus at different points of
entry and were denied permission to enter into the country," part of the
statement read.
To date, 378,185 cumulative COVID-19 samples have been tested and 1,288 Ugandans have so far recovered from the virus.
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