The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda rose to seven, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday.

According to the ministry, the deceased was a 49-year-old Ugandan female, a resident of Wakiso who was an HIV positive patient and on treatment.

She also had a history of asthma and Tuberculosis (TB), the Ministry further said in a statement.

On July 23, the ministry confirmed the country’s first COVID-19-related death with the second one being confirmed three days later.

Uganda was one of the few countries in the continent which had not yet recorded a death from COVID-19 by mid-July, according to the Africa CDC.

Meanwhile, the Ministry also confirmed 16 new cases of Covid-19 from tests done on 08 August 2020

Uganda’s total cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans is 1,283.

Uganda registered one death today, bringing the total COVID-19 deaths to seven (7).

Cumulative COVID-19 recoveries: 1,115.