By Spy Uganda
Kampala: Today Sunday September 13, 2020, the Ministry of Health has confirmed 96 new COVID-19 cases which brings the cumulative total confirmed cases in Uganda to 4,799.
The breakdown of the new cases is: 88 contacts and alerts: Kampala (33), Buikwe (28), Jinja (4), Soroti (4), Lira (3), Kibuku (2), Mbarara (2), Terego (2), Tororo (2), Amolatar (1), Arua (1), Iganga (1), Masindi (1), Ngora (1), Moroto (1), Pader (1) and Wakiso (1).
Others are seven truck drivers; Malaba (3), Bunagana (2), Elegu (2) and one returnee from DRC.
Despite the spikes in the number of infections, more patients are continuing to win battle against the deadly Coronavirus. 2,256 patients have so far recovered from the virus in Uganda.
Nevertheless, the number of COVID-19 related deaths is slowly increasing as the Ministry has today reported three from Kampala, bringing the total COVID-19 deaths to 55.
Globally, since 31 December 2019 when the novel Coronavirus was declared a pandemic to-date 13 September 2020, 28 802 775 cases have been reported, including 920,931 deaths.
Distribution of COVID-19 deaths, worldwide, as of 13 September 2020
In the graph above, no deaths are reported on 25 May in Europe due to the national retro-correction of death data in Spain. The number of deaths in Europe was less than the negative numbers reported by Spain that day.
Globally cases have been reported from:
Africa:Â 1Â 347Â 353 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (648Â 214), Egypt (100Â 856), Morocco (84Â 435), Ethiopia (63Â 888) and Nigeria (56Â 177).
Asia: 8Â 436Â 613 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are India (4Â 754Â 356), Iran (399Â 940), Bangladesh (336Â 044), Saudi Arabia (325Â 050) and Pakistan (301Â 481).
America: 14Â 847Â 457 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (6Â 486Â 108), Brazil (4Â 315Â 687), Peru (722Â 832), Colombia (708Â 964) and Mexico (663Â 973).
Europe: 4Â 139Â 193 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Russia (1Â 057Â 362), Spain (566Â 326), France (373Â 911), United Kingdom (365Â 174) and Italy (286Â 297).
Oceania: 31Â 463 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (26Â 607), Guam (1Â 891), New Zealand (1Â 446), French Polynesia (891) and Papua New Guinea (510).
Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
Deaths have been reported from:
Africa:Â 32Â 501 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are South Africa (15Â 427), Egypt (5Â 627), Algeria (1Â 605), Morocco (1Â 553) and Nigeria (1Â 078).
Asia: 161Â 371 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are India (78Â 586), Iran (23Â 029), Indonesia (8Â 650), Iraq (7Â 941) and Turkey (6Â 999).
America: 512Â 221 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (193Â 701), Brazil (131Â 210), Mexico (70Â 604), Peru (30Â 593) and Colombia (22Â 734).
Europe: 213Â 967 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United Kingdom (41Â 623), Italy (35Â 603), France (30Â 910), Spain (29Â 747) and Russia (18Â 484).
Oceania: 864 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Australia (803), Guam (25), New Zealand (24), Papua New Guinea (6) and Fiji (2).
