South Sudan records over 50 COVID-19 cases in one single day
President Salva Kiir, the head of COVID-19 Task Force and Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the deputy head of COVID-19 Task Force demonstrating the use of a mask to prevent Coronavirus(Photo credit: supplied)
May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s high-level taskforce on coronavirus has announced that as much as over 50 people tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus, the highest infection rate in one single day.
The high-level taskforce said this evening that the ministry of health informed them that 54 people tested positive for COVID-19 today. This, the taskforce said, brings the overall cases in the country to 290.
The taskforce said the number of fatalities remained at four as no new deaths have been reported today. Until now, there are only two confirmed recoveries from the virus.
“COVID-19 confirmed cases today alone are 54, making it the highest number in records per a day,” the office of the first vice president said. “This brings the total number of the confirmed cases to 290 with 4 deaths. So far, 4108 samples have been tested since when the testing began in March, 2020.”
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