Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 23 May 2020

Apo Importer 19:02 - 24 May 2020

Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe

Highlights of the situation report

No cases tested positive for COVID-19.
Five (5) new recoveries were reported from Bulawayo.
1284 RDT screening tests and 142 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 36538 (21202 RDT and 15336 PCR).
To date the total number of confirmed cases remains at 56; recovered 23, active cases 29 and 4 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 7 1 0 12 5 9 2 0 1 Harare 20 90 0 24 0 9 13 0 2 Manicaland 41 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mash Cent. 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mash East 0 0 0 6 0 4 2 0 0 Mash West 249 3 0 5 0 0 4 0 1 Midlands 706 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 Masvingo 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mat North 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Mat South 231 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 Total 1284 142 0 56 5 23 29 0 4

COVID-19 can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.