Sixteen (16) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include returnees from South Africa (7), Botswana (1) and 8 local cases who are isolated.
Fourteen (14) recoveries were reported by Bulawayo Province.
We regret to report a community death of a 63-year-old female from Matabeleland North Province, this was detected during a routine post mortem and awaiting post mortem results to determine the cause of death.
393 RDT screening tests and 659 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 87264 (51259 RDT and 36005 PCR).
To date the total number of confirmed cases is 942; recovered 320, active cases 609 and 13 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
12
154
8
162
14
39
119
0
4
Harare
57
335
0
288
0
76
206
0
6
Manicaland
90
0
0
30
0
13
17
0
0
Mash Cent.
0
12
0
10
0
4
6
0
0
Mash East
12
15
0
82
0
43
39
0
0
Mash West
0
0
0
54
0
2
51
0
1
Midlands
11
3
2
83
0
57
25
0
1
Masvingo
173
60
4
57
0
51
6
0
0
Mat North
38
23
2
25
0
13
11
1
1
Mat South
0
57
0
151
0
22
129
0
0
Total
393
659
16
942
14
320
609
1
13
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Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.