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COVID-19 Updates: Another Coronavirus Confirmation Brings the Total up to 98

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By Rogers Wanambwa 

KIU, Main Campus - Late last night, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng the Minister of Health reported another new case of the Coronavirus on last night, bringing the total number of cases to 98.

The new case is a truck driver from Kenya. 

"Today, 5 May, 2020, 1 new COVID-19 case confirmed from 2,168 samples of truck drivers. The new case is a 27-year-old Kenyan truck driver who arrived from Kenya via Busia," she tweeted last night.  

The minister also added on that all the other samples tested had tested negative. 

"All 464 community samples have tested negative for the disease," she added. 

On Monday 4th 2020, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni extended the lockdown for 14 days.