Uganda is one of the five countries on the African continent without a fatality from the deadly Coronavirus since the first case was registered in March.
Apart from Uganda, Seychelles, Eritrea, Lesotho, and Namibia have also not registered a case of death from the virus.
As of 27 June, 2020 a total of 356,000 cases of COVID-19 had been reported on the African continent. 171,000 recoveries and 9,100 deaths have been reported.
Meanwhile, Eleven new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have been confirmed, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 859. However, 794 patients have been treated and discharged from various hospitals. This means that Uganda has 65 active cases.
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The new cases were part of 3,386 samples that were tested over the weekend. Nine of the confirmed cases were from the community, while two were picked from truck drivers at two points of entry.
The cases from the community were picked from Amuru and Nwoya while the two cases at points of entry where picked from Mutukula and Busia.
Dr Misaki Wanyengera, an epidemiologist who is also the head of the COVID-19 Scientific committee says that Uganda's low cases and zero deaths are a result of acting early.
"Before we got a case, we locked down the country. This has helped us record new cases but it does not mean that we shall not get more cases or even record deaths. If we do not take caution, we shall record some deaths," said Dr. Wayengera.
