Coronavirus – Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 10th July 2020
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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Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.
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