Rwanda’s Minister of Health Dr Daniel Ngamije said the two-day mass testing will give Rwanda Biomedical Centre a clearer picture of the spread of the virus. [Courtesy]Rwanda has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases in 48 hours following the rollout of mass testing in Kigali and eight districts under lockdown. In the last two days, Rwanda recorded 4,770 positive cases from a sample size of 124,448 tests. Rwanda’s Covid-19 cases now stand at 57,322, recoveries at 40,041 while 649 people have succumbed to the disease with 72 are in critical condition. As Rwanda continues to battle a record surge of new Covid-19 cases and deaths since June, the ministry added most of the new cases are the Delta variant.

Source: Standard Digital July 19, 2021 13:18 UTC