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Key Points:
1. Epidemic remains active. Todate 82% (119/146) of districts resported atleast one case since the beginning of the outbreak and 40%(59/146) reporting new cases in the past 21 days.
2. Resurgence. Whereas the overall epicurve indicates a general decline in incident cases, there is an observed resurgence in previously high burdened districts especially Wakiso, Hoima City, Mukono and Masaka City.
3. Week-on-week increase. Whereas there was a sustained decrease in the weekly incident cases until week 23, there has been a consistent marginal increase from week 23 to 25, with a notable spike in from week 26. Although there was a slight reduction in cases during week 27 compared to week 26, the overall case count remains significantly higher than that reported between weeks 23 and 25.
4. High-risk mortality observed. Two new deaths deaths have been registered (See details in page 6). Cumaulatively46 deaths have occurred among confirmed cases, half (50%) of whom were co-infected with HIV.
5. Young adults are disproportionately affected. Attack rates are highest among females aged 24–29 (AR: 3.5/100,000). Among males, the most affected agegroup is 35-39 (AR: 4.3/100,000).