Covid-19: Rwanda records 134 recoveries in a day, two positive cases
Friday, October 09, 2020

Rwanda on Thursday, October 8 registered 134 recoveries from Covid-19 in just 24 hours, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health.

On the same day, just two people tested positive of the virus across the country and they were detected from Kigali City and Nyagatare District, one case each.

The latest results were obtained from 1,935 tests conducted in different parts of the country.

In total, Rwanda has carried out 513,118 tests of Covid-19.

Since September 24, Rwanda continues to register relatively fewer cases, majority of which are in single digit, while recoveries continue to shore up.

For instance, on Wednesday, October 7, the country reported 162 recoveries and only 10 new cases.

The achievement is a milestone compared to the month of August and the beginning of September when the country often reported an upward of 100 new Covid-19 cases daily.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic the country has confirmed a total of 4,885 Covid-19 cases of whom 3,542 have already recovered.

The country’s Covid-19 death toll so far stands at 29 people.