Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 182 new coronavirus cases raising the national total to 9,442.
Majority of the new cases (177) were reported from contacts and alerts, with the capital Kampala accounting for 110 of them.
The other five new cases were four Ugandan returnees from Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia ad South Sudan, and one Ugandan truck driver who came from Tanzania.
The ministry did not report any new coronavirus-related deaths leaving the nationwide death toll at 85.
The ministry also reported 193 new recoveries from the disease raising the total to 5,781.
The ministry has recently been receiving a range of medical and non-medical equipment to boost the nation’s COVID-19 response.
Despite a recent trend in recording an increasing number of coronavirus cases, President Yoweri Museveni announced a further easing of COVID-19-related restrictions in the country.
President Museveni said the country could not perpetually remain under restrictions as he cited the deterioration of the economy.
