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Uganda: Results of Covid-19 Tests Done

Results of Covid-19 Tests Done on 20 August 2020

Number of new confirmed cases today 98
Number of Ugandan truck drivers 5
confirmed today  
Number of alerts confirmed today 69
Number of contacts confirmed today 21
Number of returnees confirmed today 3
Cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans to-date 1,848
COVID-19 deaths today 0
COVID-19 deaths registered to-date 19
Cumulative Ugandan recoveries to-date 1,199
Number of foreign truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 and were requested to return to their country of origin 11
Samples from Points of Entry tested today 1,407
Samples from Alerts and Contacts tested today 2,724
Total number of samples tested today 4,131
Cumulative COVID-19 samples tested to-date 340,844

 

 

The 98 new COVID-19 confirmed cases are;

  • Contacts and Alerts: 75 are from Kampala, 6 are from Luwero, 3 from Jinja, 2 from Tororo, 4 from Adjumani, Buikwe, Kasese and Ntoroko
  • Five (5) truck drivers arrived from Kenya
  • Three (3) returnees from Kenya, DRC and South Sudan

Eleven (11) foreign truck drivers (7 Kenyans, 2 Congolese and 2 Rwandese) tested positive for COVID-19 at border points of entry and were not permitted into the country.

The general public is reminded to keep vigilant and continue practicing COVID-19 preventive measures such as handwashing, wearing a face mask and maintaining social distancing.

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