A patient has passed away in Kampala, the nation's capital, for the first time since Uganda's Ebola epidemic started last month. This brings the overall number of fatalities since then to 19.
It demonstrates how the virus is spreading from its epicentre in the central area, which is what the government was advised by concerned health workers to quarantine in order to stop the spread.
According to Uganda's health minister Jane Ruth Aceng, the guy who died of Ebola in Kampala had been recognized by health workers as possibly having come into touch with the virus, but he left his community and sought aid from a traditional healer in a different area.
On Friday, the guy passed away at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital.
Because the patient was extremely unwell when he came to the hospital, according to Ms Aceng, the teams providing care for him were prepared and safeguarded themselves.
The health ministry said that 42 persons who he may have interacted with have been flagged and are being tracked down.
In Uganda, there have been 54 confirmed cases of Ebola to date.