Highlights of the situation report
- 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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