COVID-19 Update! Ministry of Health Registers 9945 Infections & 95 Deaths

By Spy Uganda

Kampala: Ministry of Health has confirmed 81 new cases from results of COVID-19 done on 12 October 2020, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 9,945 and 6,347 recoveries.

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The Ministry also confirmed one COVID-19 death registered in Yumbe District, bringing total deaths to 95.

The breakdown of the new cases are: contacts and alerts (80): Kampala (27), Omoro (10), Kiryandongo (11), Butaleja (7), Kaabong (8), Gulu (3), Jinja (3), Katakwi (3), Yumbe (3), Budaka (1), Mbale (1), Pader (1), Tororo (1) Wakiso (1) and also 1 returnee from Kenya.

Since 31 December 2019 and as of 13 October 2020, 37 875 422 cases of COVID-19 have been reported, including 1 081 632 deaths.

Cases have been reported from:

Africa: 1 585 643 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (692 471), Morocco (153 761), Egypt (104 648), Ethiopia (85 136) and Nigeria (60 430).

Asia: 11 858 004 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (7 175 880), Iran (504 281), Iraq (405 437), Bangladesh (379 738) and Philippines (342 816).

America: 18 144 366 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (7 804 197), Brazil (5 103 408), Colombia (919 083), Argentina (903 717) and Peru (851 171).

Europe: 6 250 851 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Russia (1 312 310), Spain (888 968), France (743 479), United Kingdom (617 688) and Italy (359 569).

Oceania: 35 862 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (27 286), French Polynesia (3 189), Guam (3 170), New Zealand (1 516) and Papua New Guinea (565).

Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.

Deaths have been reported from:

Africa: 38 217 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are South Africa (17 780), Egypt (6 062), Morocco (2 636), Algeria (1 809) and Ethiopia (1 301).

Asia: 213 318 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are India (109 856), Iran (28 816), Indonesia (11 935), Iraq (9 912) and Turkey (8 895).

America: 595 179 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (215 085), Brazil (150 689), Mexico (83 945), Peru (33 357) and Colombia (27 985).

Europe: 233 906 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (42 875), Italy (36 205), Spain (33 124), France (32 825) and Russia (22 722).

Oceania: 1 005 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Australia (898), Guam (60), New Zealand (25), French Polynesia (11) and Papua New Guinea (7).