Rwanda registered 107 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 24,112 as of Thursday, the country’s Ministry of Health said.
Reports by health officials indicate the national death toll stands at 327 while the country has recorded 19 more recoveries, taking the total count to 22,579.
According to health authorities, Rwanda currently has 1,206 active COVID-19 cases, 6 of which are severe.
The East African country has so far conducted 1,269,302 COVID-19 tests, it said.
After the first positive case of COVID-19 hit in March last year, the Rwandan government formed and implemented a robust nationwide response.
Since March last year, a taskforce was assembled and guidelines were issued on social distancing and handwashing, and hand sanitiser was placed outside all major public buildings and shopping centres.
So far the central bank of Rwanda has instructed commercial banks to ease loan repayment conditions to borrowers, introduced an Extended Loan Facility to banks of RWF 50 billion (1 USD = 980 Frw), and instituted other measures aimed at commercial banks.
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