By Adama Makasuba
An 85-year-old man with underlay health condition has died of coronavirus at the country’s treatment centres – pushing the total number of coronavirus- related deaths to 179.
The Ministry of Health said the deceased was suffering with a comorbidity of cancer of the prostate.
Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the country has now reached 5,993 after two males aged 17 & 32 years old tested positive for the virus.
“One (1) new COVID-19-related death was registered, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to 179.The decedent was an 85yrs old COVID-19 male with a comorbidity of cancer of the prostate who died on the 27th May 2021 in one of the treatment centres.
“Two (2) new cases were registered taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 5,993. They are all males, aged 17 & 32 years old. A total of 500 new laboratory test results received (38 from MRCG and 462 from NPHL) of these, 2 new samples tested positive, representing a 0.4% test positivity rate,” the ministry’s report said.
“Two (2) COVID-19 patients were newly discharged from treatment centres, while 6 got discharged at least 10 days from the day they tested positive but evaded institutional isolation.
“One (1) COVID-19 patient is currently on oxygen therapy. A total of 39 new contacts of the Indian variant have been traced and are being monitored as of 27th May 2021. The country currently has 2 people (travellers from India) in hotel quarantine, 34 active cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 3%. As of 28th May 2021, 29,148 and 4,671 people received the 1st and 2nd doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine respectively, bringing the total number ever vaccinated to 33,819
“So far 4,738 Rapid diagnostic tests were conducted at the Airport for travellers as of 28th May 2021. Of these, only 2 tested positive for both RDT and PCR. These were treated and discharged. As of 20th May 2021, 82 new clients received Psychological First Aid (PFA) Services provided by MoH, Department of Social Welfare (DSW) and Paradise Foundation, thus bringing the number of clients attended to 1,829 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the report added.