A 4-year-old girl from Bulawayo tested positive for COVID-19. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in the daily COVID-19 updates.
The ministry also confirmed that three other children, a 10-year-old, a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old all residents of the same house with one of the confirmed cases, case #16, tested positive for the virus.
Part of the health ministry COVID-19 statement reads:
Case #19 is a 4-year-old girl. while cases #20, 21 and 22 involve 10-year-old, 14-year-old and 16- year-old female residents of Bulawayo, who were all contacts of case #I6. They were tested by the local Rapid Response Team as part of our intensified surveillance and contact tracing for COVID-19. All are stable, on self-isolation at home and with mild disease.
Zimbabwe confirmed cases now stands at 24, the number includes 3 deaths and 2 recoveries.