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Malaria weekly Status report -Week 4, 2021 WEEK 25TH-31ST JANUARY 2021

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Malaria

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Reporting rate this week was at 70.4% compared to 72.9% in the previous week. A total of 158, 188 malaria confirmed cases were reported, an increase by 3.5% in the previous week Test positivity rate was 49.7% compared to 50.2% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were reported in Busia (83%), Pader (82%), Kaliro (73%), Namayingo (73%), Kayunga (70%), Luuka (70%) and Amolatar (68%). There was a decline in malaria deaths from 26 deaths this week to 24 deaths in the previous week. Mbale (4), Arua (2), Hoima (2) and Kyenjojo (2) recorded the highest number of deaths. This week, 43 (31.6%) districts had more than 52 weeks of ACT stock while only 5 (3.7%) districts had more than 52 week of RDT stock.

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