A 58-year-old man succumbed to Covid-19 in Rwanda, becoming the 27th life to be taken by the pandemic in Rwanda.

On the same day, the country recorded 12 new Covid-19 recoveries and 11 positive cases.

Of the new cases, 7 were detected in Kigali among contacts of previously confirmed cases.

Nyamagabe district in Southern Province also confirmed four new Covid-19 cases.

The latest results were obtained from 1,448 sample tests conducted in a single day.

In total, the country has so far carried out 477,379 tests.

So far, in total, the country has confirmed 4,722 Covid-19 cases, of whom 2,973 have already recovered.