An initial 55 deaths had been reported on Sunday.
"So far we managed to kill 46 of the royal guards and we also arrested 139 [guards]," regional police spokesman Mansur Suwed told the Reuters news agency.
He said the number of police killed had risen to 16 from 14 after two officers died from their wounds.
Police arrested King Charles Wesley Mumbere on Sunday and accused his supporters of trying to create a new state in the area near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mumbere has distanced himself from the cause. However, the authorities accuse his royal guards of training in the mountains beside separatist militia forces to attack government installations.
"The situation is volatile. Several of our guards have been killed after
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