1 new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed out of the 1,177 samples tested at Uganda Virus Research Institute on 20th April 2020.
According to the Ministry of Health the new case is a 46-year-old Burundian refugee who arrived from Tanzania and was quarantined in Rakai district.
The total number of confirmed cases in Uganda is now 56.
One new case of COVID -19 was confirmed at the Uganda Virus Research Institute on the 17th April 2020.
The new case is a 34-year-old Tanzanian truck driver from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania who arrived at Mutukula border post on the 16th April 2020. He did not have any signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19.
1,162 samples tested Negative for COVID-19 at the Uganda Virus Research Institute on 16th April 2020.
839 samples were from truck drivers at border points while 323 samples were from individuals under institutional quarantine and contacts to the confirmed cases.
All 1,032 samples tested for COVID-19 at Uganda Virus Research Institute on 15th April 2020 were Negative.
Out of the samples tested, 551 samples were from truck drivers at border points of entry while 481 samples were from individuals under institutional quarantine and contacts to confirmed cases in the country.
One (1) new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Uganda Virus Research Institute out of the 625 samples tested on the 14th April 2020.
Of the samples tested, 372 samples were from truck drivers at border pints of entry while 253 samples were from contacts in the community.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda is 55.
All 639 samples of COVID-19 tested at Uganda Virus Research Institute on 13th April 2020 are Negative. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda is 54.
231 individuals are under institutional quarantine, according to the Ministry of Health and 729 contacts to the confirmed cases are currently under follow up.
One new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed positive out of the 169 samples tested at Uganda Virus Research Institute on 12th April 2020.
168 samples were confirmed negative for the coronavirus disease. The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda stands at 54.
All 555 samples tested for COVID-19 on 11th April 2020 at Uganda Virus Research Institute were NEGATIVE.
According to the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, 184 samples were from institutional quarantine while 371 samples were from the community.
