The Ministry of Health has on Monday June 1 2020 confirmed Forty (40) new covid-19 cases from 1,319 samples tested on May 31, 2020.
According to the press statement issue this afternoon, all confirmed cases are Ugandans. Twenty three (23) of the new confirmed cases are from 993 samples from points of Entry while Seventeen (17) are from 326 samples of contacts and alerts.
The MoH statement added that thirty-one (31) foreign drivers (11 tanzanians, 19 Kenyans and 1 Eritrean tested positive and were handed back to their respective country of origin.
Confirmed Cases:
1. Twenty (20) of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via (legu Point of Entry
2. Two (2) of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who arrived from Tanzania via Mutukula Point of Entry
3. One (1) of the confirmed cases is a truck driver who arrived via Padea Point of Entry
4. Seventeen (17) of the confirmed cases are contacts to previously confirmed cases. These include: 2 from Gulu, 1 from Jinja, 3 from Amudat, 3 from Wakiso, 2 from Amuru, 1 from Yumbe, 2 from Zombo, 3 from Nebbi districts.
Currently, there are 303 admitted COVID-19 confirmed cases in 15 Referral Hospitals in the country.
All are in stable condition. To-date, Uganda has registered a total of 72 COVID-19 recoveries and NO COVID-19 related death recorded.
