Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 24 May 2020

Apo Importer 16:32 - 25 May 2020

Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe

Highlights of the situation report

Two (2) new recoveries were reported from Harare.
282 RDT screening tests and 219 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 37039 (21484 RDT and 15555 PCR).
To date the total number of confirmed cases remains at 56; recovered 25, active cases 27 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 0 149 0 12 0 9 2 0 1 Harare 5 21 0 24 2 11 11 0 2 Manicaland 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mash Cent. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mash East 3 0 0 6 0 4 2 0 0 Mash West 60 5 0 5 0 0 4 0 1 Midlands 39 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 Masvingo 2 23 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mat North 18 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Mat South 137 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 Total 282 219 0 56 2 25 27 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.