Dr Henry G. Mwebesa, the Director General Health services at the Health Ministry addressing press recently (PHOTO/File).KAMPALA – The Ministry of Health has confirmed 247 new COVID-19 cases from tests done on Sunday, September 27,2020.
This, according to MOH statistics rises the total confirmed COVID-19 cases of Ugandans to 7,777.
Part of the new cases are 224 alerts and contacts to previously confimed cases.
“Kampala (116), Luwero (17), Iganga (9), Gulu (8), Agago (7), Moyo (7), Wakiso (5), Busia (4), Hoima (3), Jinja (6), Masaka (4), Mayuge (3), Mbale (4), Arua (3), Budaka (2), Bulambuli (2), Kaliro (1), Kanungu (2)Kisoro (2), Kiryandongo (2), Kumi (2), Mukono (2), Pallisa (2), Buikwe (1), Bundibugyo (1), Bunyangabu (1), Buvuma (1), Kyotera (1), Lira (1), Moroto (1), Nebbi (1), Ntungamo (1), Tororo (1) and Zombo (1),” reads a statement from MOH.
Additionally, 23 returnees with 28 from Saudi Arabia, 4 from India and 1 from South Sudan tested positive for COVID-19.
Uganda has also registered 2 new COVID-19 deaths from Kampala.
This brings the death toll to 75 while 4,033 have recovered from the coronavirus.
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