This archive report was first published on 24 June 2020.
On June 23, 2020, Uganda's Ministry of Health announced 699 COVID-19 recoveries out of 797 confirmed cases, marking an 87% recovery rate.
The country registered 23 new cases from 2,219 tests carried out in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 797.
Since the first case was recorded in March, Uganda has not reported any COVID-19-related deaths.
President Yoweri Museveni addressed the nation on June 22, 2020, stating that the new clusters of community infections pose a significant threat to the country's reopening.
"We are, therefore, entering a more dangerous phase...Previously, the problem was from the returnees from abroad, from the drivers and from those who pass through the porous borders from the neighbouring countries," Mr. Museveni said.
The president emphasized that the re-opening of public transport and movement of private cars has led to the registration of positive cases whose source of infection could not be traced.
