Uganda has on Friday May 28, recorded 12 new coronavirus cases – 5 drivers and 7 contacts to previously confirmed positive drivers.
According to the Health Ministry, Uganda’s cumulative total of confirmed cases has now risen to 329.
5 positive Cases were truck drivers out of 1,492 samples tested from border entry points and all the 7 positive cases out of 436 samples contacts were under quarantine at the time of testing according to the ministry of Health.
Today, 29 May, 2020, 12 new COVID-19 cases confirmed bringing the total confirmed cases to 329.
5 new cases are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via Elegu border
7 cases are contacts to previously confirmed cases. All were under quarantine at the time of test.
— Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero (@JaneRuth_Aceng) May 29, 2020
The ministry further explained that 25 positive foreign truckers were handed over to their countries of origin.
A total of 1,928 samples were tested on Friday.
Total Recoveries in Uganda stands on 72