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COVID-19 Updates: Uganda's COVID-19 Cases Climb to 121

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By Rogers Wanambwa�

KIU, Main Campus - Over the weekend, Uganda registered seven more COVID-19 cases, two on Saturday and five on Sunday, according to tweets from the Ministry of Health.�

One of the cases on Saturday was a 40-year old Kenyan and the other a 30-year old Ugandan, both truck drivers. According to the ministry, "the truck drivers arrived via Malaba and Mirama Hills respectively."

Yesterday, five more people tested positive for COVID-19. "Today, 10 May 2020, 5 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 1,498 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 121 in Uganda. The new cases are 2 Ugandan and 3 Kenyan truck drivers who arrived via Elegu and Malaba Points of Entry." The ministry tweeted.�

The good news according to the ministry is that all samples from the community have tested negative.�

As of today, Uganda has tested over 58,600 according to worldometers.info/coronavirus/