A health ministry report shows 49 people have died in Uganda from the deadly COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
At least 49 more people have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Uganda in the last 24 hours according to the latest report from the country’s Ministry of Health.
In a statement released Wednesday, the health ministry announced that following 7,238 tests conducted on the 13th June 2021, a total of 1,110 cases returned positive pushing the cumulative confirmed cases to 64,251.
With Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono still the epicentre of most new cases and deaths, the ministry also announced 49 new deaths pushing the death tally in the country to 508.
“The breakdown of the new cases are: 1,105 Contacts and Alerts: Kampala (555) Wakiso (114) Mbarara (67) Gulu (50) Hoima (42) Nebbi (37) Busia (29) Butaleja (20) Kyotera (36) Mukono (12) Iganga (13) Kaberamaido (10) Bunyangabu (8) Moyo (8) Kyenjojo (8) Arua (7) Kabarole (7),” the ministry tweeted.
“Tororo (7) Jinja (7) Namayingo (8) Bukomansimbu (6) Packwach (6) Mubende (6) Adjumani (10) Rakai (4) Lira (4) Yumbe (3) Kotido (3) Isingiro (3) Koboko (2) Manafwa (2) Namisindwa (2) Moroto (2) Luwero (1) Otuke (1) Kyegegwa (1) Rukiga (1) Buliisa (1) Soroti (1) Mbale (1), five Truck Drivers: Elegu PoE (2) Mutukula (2) Kampala (1),” it added.
The figure is the highest fatality rate that the country has ever confirmed in a single day. According to the health ministry, the second wave of the virus is even a deadly one affecting both young and old.
“The new wave is more fatal, people are getting more sick than what we saw in the first wave,” Dr Diana Atwine the ministry’s Permanent Secretary said recently in a TV interview.
More than 900 patients are currently on admission in different health facilities across the country, according to the facts from the health ministry.
By Wednesday, only 48, 649 had recovered from the virus.
This, however, comes at a time when the ministry has confirmed an additional 175,200 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have been brought into the country. The latest figures indicate that so far, 806,129 people have been vaccinated to date.
Meanwhile, the ministry calls upon the general public to get vaccinated for the virus. In her recent interview with journalists, the health minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said that those vaccinated are rarely exposed to severe effects posed by the virus.
“Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 does not stop you from getting the virus. It protects you from severe disease and death due to COVID-19,” Aceng said in one interview recently urging the public also not to relax the Standard Operating Procedures.
