The confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country continued to surge after 312 new infections were registered on Wednesday, January 20.

The new cases were detected in 19 districts of the country.

Kigali continued to be a hot spot, as it accounted for new 186 cases out of the 312 registered nationwide on Wednesday.

Gicumbi followed with 22 new cases, Nyanza with 18, Rulindo with 13; Musanze 13 and Ngoma with 11 cases.

Gatsibo registered 9 cases, Karongi 8, Muhanga 7, Nyagatare 4, Rubavu with 4; Gakenke 4, Nyamasheke 4, Rusizi 2, Kamonyi 2, Nyamagabe 2, Gisagara 1 while Ruhango and Huye also reported one case each.

On the same day, five Covid-19 related deaths were registered, taking the total number of such deaths in the country to 153.

The total number of confirmed cases of the virus in the country since March 2020 when the first infection was confirmed is now 11,860.

Of these, 7,812 have recovered, while 3,895 are the active cases.