Highlights of the situation report
- Twenty-one (21) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include returnees from South Africa (18), Botswana (2) and Mozambique (1) and are all isolated.
- Recoveries were reported by Masvingo Province (2) and Matabeleland North Province (3).
- 156 RDT screening tests and 435 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 65111 (36423 RDT and 28688 PCR).
- To date the total number of confirmed cases is 551; recovered 128, active cases 417 and 6 deaths, since the onset of the outbreak on 20 March 2020.
|
Number of tests done |
Number of Confirmed Cases |
Number Recovered |
Number of Active Cases |
Deceased |
||||||
|
Province |
RDT |
PCR |
New |
Cum |
New |
Cum |
New |
Cum |
||
|
Bulawayo |
6 |
94 |
1 |
*51 |
0 |
10 |
39 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Harare |
76 |
246 |
5 |
*205 |
0 |
58 |
145 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Manicaland |
3 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Mash Cent. |
0 |
22 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Mash East |
2 |
5 |
2 |
49 |
0 |
17 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Mash West |
0 |
17 |
1 |
36 |
0 |
1 |
34 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Midlands |
48 |
0 |
11 |
54 |
0 |
4 |
49 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Masvingo |
0 |
8 |
0 |
53 |
2 |
15 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Mat North |
12 |
8 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Mat South |
9 |
35 |
1 |
50 |
0 |
15 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
156 |
435 |
21 |
551 |
5 |
128 |
417 |
0 |
6 |
|
*14 cases that were being reported under Bulawayo Province have been moved to Harare Province after a verification exercise carried out by the use of linelists from the two provinces.
Midlands Province received 11 positive results from NMRL.
All COVID-19 confirmed cases should be isolated and contacts of confirmed cases should be quarantined.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.
Source: Apo-Opa
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