South Sudan has confirmed another case of COVID-19, raising the number to 35.

The patient is a 23-year-old, female who wanted to travel to Kuajok in Warrap state, the High-Level Task Force on Covid-19 pandemic said on Wednesday evening.

“The Public Health Laboratory released 100 results. Of these, one case was confirmed positive while 14 were equivocal and need a retest,” said  Dr. Makur Koriom, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Health.

He says the new patient had no contact with the previous 34 cases, signaling a surge in community transmissions.