The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced 62 new coronavirus cases this Wednesday, 29 July 2020, taking the cumulative total of officially confirmed cases to 2 819.
283 new recoveries were also recorded across the country, with one death of a female aged 32. Cumulative deaths are now 41. The Ministry said in a statement:
Sixty-two (62) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include 50 local cases and 12 returnees from South Africa who are isolated.
New recoveries were reported in Bulawayo in Bulawayo Province (275) and Manicaland Province (8).
Today we regret to report one (one) facility death from Manicaland Province. The death is of a female aged 32.
Today 723 RDT screening tests and 1 971 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 126 708 (68 916 RDT and 57 792 PCR)
Since the onset of the COVID019 outbreak on 20 March 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 2 819, recovered 887, active cases 1 951 and 41 deaths.