Rwanda grapples with rising Covid-19 deaths

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A staff of the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) screens passengers at a bus station in Kigali, Rwanda on March 22, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

Rwanda is grappling with a spike in coronavirus-related deaths which have increased sharply over the festive season.

As of Wednesday, December 30 last year, the country confirmed 122 new Covid-19 infections, raising Rwanda's tally of positive cases to 8,250. Of these, 6,369 have already recovered. Some 725,804 tests have so far been done.