Kampala, Sep 5
The cumulative number of confirmed mpox cases in Uganda has hit 8,001, with 50 deaths reported as the East African country registers a decline in new infections, the Ministry of Health said.
A total of 15 new infections and two deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a national situation report issued here.
The ministry noted that there has been an overall decline in the weekly incident cases, which declared a mpox outbreak in August 2024.
"For the first time since October 2024, fewer than 100 incident cases have been reported each week for six consecutive epidemiological weeks," the report said.