The Ministry would like to report that two of the PCR tests done in Bulawayo on the 28th of April 2020 were positive for COVID-19.
Today. a total of 355 tests were done as shown in table 1 below, giving a total of 7642 screening and diagnostic tests done to date. All the PCR tests done in Bulawayo today were negative for COVID-19. Of the PCR tests done in Harare today, six were positive for COVID-19. More details on these cases will be given in tomorrow's update.
Table 1: Distribution of tests done today
Province |
No. of tests done |
Mat. South |
25 |
Mat. North |
10 |
Bulawayo |
98* |
Mash. Central |
11 |
Harare |
211* |
TOTAL |
355 |
*Disaggregation of tests done by province was not available at the time of print
Therefore, to date, Zimbabwe now has forty confirmed cases, including five recoveries and four deaths.
Table 2: Number of confirmed cases to date
Province |
No. of Confirmed Cases |
Matabeleland North |
1 |
Bulawayo |
12 |
Harare |
19 |
Mashonaland East |
5 |
Mashonaland West |
3 |
Total |
40 |
Case #33 is a 70-year-old male resident of Bulawayo, who returned from the United Kingdom on 18 March 2020. He was tested for COVID-19 as a contact to Case #I4. Currently, he is stable, with mild disease.
Case #34 is a 27-year-old male resident of Bulawayo, with no recent history of travel. He was tested for COVID-19 as a contact to Case #33. Currently, he is also stable, with mild disease.
Both cases are recovering under self-isolation at home.
The Ministry continues to be on HIGH alert to the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be guided by the COVID-19 containment strategy which is based on intensified active surveillance, timely case detection, testing, isolation and management of all COVID-19 cases. Further, the Ministry would like to remind the nation that, the most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are to practise good personal hygiene and exercise social distancing.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.
Source: Apo-Opa
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