Uganda registers 10 new COVID-19 cases

May 26, 2020

Ten (10) new cases were confirmed from samples tested for the virus yesterday, Monday, May 25, 2020.

HEALTH  VIRUS

KAMPALA - The number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda is now confirmed at 222, according to sources at the Ministry of health.

Ten (10) new cases were confirmed from samples tested for the virus yesterday, Monday, May 25, 2020.

Total samples tested were 1,189, of which 1,037 samples were from the various points of entry into the country while 152 were samples from the community and contacts.

"Nine (9) new cases are from the Points of Entry while one (1) new case is a contact to a previously confirmed truck driver. The contact was under quarantine at the time of testing yesterday," the ministry of health tweeted

 Meanwhile,30 foreign truck drivers who tested positive were handed over to their respective countries of origin. The number of recoveries stands at 69.

 

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