The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced that Zimbabwe’s coronavirus cases have risen to 32 after a Harare man tested positive for the virus.
We present the Ministry’s statement in full below.
To date, more than3 million confirmed cases and more than 200 000 deaths have been reported globally.
The Ministry would like to report that today (27 April 2020), a total of 439 tests were done as shown in the table below, giving a total of 6834 screening and diagnostic tests to date. Of the PCR tests done in Harare today, one was positive for COVID-19. All PCR tests done in Bulawayo today were negative for COVID-19.
- Mat South – 165
- Mat North – 30
- Harare – 204
- Bulawayo – 38
- Midlands – 2
Therefore, to date, Zimbabwe now has thirty-two confirmed cases including five recoveries and four deaths as detailed table 2 below.
- Mat North – 1 Case – 1 Recovery – 0 Deaths
- Harare – 14 Cases – 0 Recoveries – 2 Deaths
- Bulawayo – 10 Cases – 0 Recoveries – 1 Deaths
- Mashonaland East – 4 Cases – 4 Recoveries -0 Deaths
- Mashonaland West – 3 Cases – 0 Recoveries – 1 Deaths
- Total – 32 Cases – 5 Recoveries – 4 Deaths
More details on the latest case to be given in tomorrow’s update.
The Ministry continues to be on HIGH alert to the COVID-19 pandemic and would like to remind the nation that the most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are to practice good personal hygiene and exercise social distancing.
