By Adama Makasuba
The Ministry of Health has disclosed that three men and one woman have died of coronavirus –taking the total number of Covid-19 deaths to 81 and all samples were collected posthumously.
The Ministry of Health said: “4 new COVID-19 related deaths recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 81 – a crude case-fatality ratio of 3.4%.”
“Samples from all 4 deceased cases (3 males and 1 female) were collected posthumously. Out of the 6 posthumous sample results received, 1 returned positive, 3 tested inconclusive and 2 were negative for COVID-19.”
However, the Ministry also announced one hundred and thirteen [113] people have tested positive for coronavirus – taking the total number of Covid-19 to 2,401.
The Ministry added that “113 new cases registered, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 2,401. This represents a 37% test positivity rate (113 out of 309 total tests performed). The median age of the new cases is 37 years (range: 1 to 91 years).”
“309 new laboratory test results received from MRCG and NPHL of these, 3 new tests returned indeterminant.”
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