UNICEF Uganda COVID-19 Situation Report 1-15 June 2020

Highlights

• As of 15 June, Uganda had confirmed a cumulative total of 724 COVID-19 cases, 351 recoveries, and zero deaths, with more than 150,000 tests conducted. Of confirmed cases, 27 were of frontline health workers and 27 were of children. During the reporting period, Uganda recorded an increase in local transmission and a shift from sporadic cases to clusters of community spread.
• Since the beginning of the response, 5,940,112 people (2,958,176 male, 2,981,936 female) were reached with COVID-19 prevention messages, and 471 children, parents and primary caregivers were supported with community-based mental health psychosocial support (MHPSS) services.
• As of June 15, a total of 68,397 children (34,062 boys, 34,335 girls) had been reached with home-based /distance learning support.