MBARARA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL REGISTERS 19TH COVID 19 RELATED DEATH

Mbarara regional referral hospital has today 12^th, Dec.2020 registered its 19^th COVID 19 related death.

This has been confirmed by the hospital director Dr. Celestine Barigye in a phone interview with www.mknewslink.com reporter today 12th.Dec.2020

According to Dr. Celestine the deceased is a 34 year old man from Ntungamo who was pronounced dead today morning at the hospital after   battling the disease for weeks.

Barigye noted that hospital has so far managed 386 COVID 19 cumulative cases since it registered its first case in March.

He added that cumulative home based care cases are 159 cases, active in home based care 70, cumulative discharges from admission that is both home based care and those at the hospital 264 cases, New admissions and two patients were referred to Mulago hospital on request.

Currently, total numbers in care are 93; those in the high dependency unit are 23, Home based care 70.

Those without symptoms are 25, 51 are stable (asymptomatic)  13 have moderate disease symptoms, 3 are in severe conditions, one in Critical more than severe 01 , 15 patients are on oxygen, Cumulative deaths are 19