Sukuokuhle Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Covid -19 confirmed cases have increased to 14.
547 tests were carried out, 14 came out positive for Covid -19 with Matebeleland North recording one case, Bulawayo 2 cases, Harare 7 cases and Mashonaland East with 4 cases. To date 3 deaths due to corona virus have been recorded in Zimbabwe.
84 samples were tested.
“The Ministry would like to report that today, the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory tested 84 samples. The samples were received from four provinces ie Bulawayo 58, Harare 23, Mashonaland East 2 and Mashonaland Central with one. Of the 79 results available at the time of print, two was positive for Covid -19.”
The Ministry is making a follow up on the eleventh case who died of COVID 19.
The deceased who resided in Bulawayo had no travel history but had recently visited a resort in Hwange.
“Active contact tracing for the late case number 11 from Bulawayo is in progress. To date we have identified 47 primary contacts of this case. The Ministry established that at the tourist resort in Hwange, where case 11 and his wife visited between the 14th and 16th of March, there were no other guests at time of visit.
Following their departure, the lodge has not booked any clients to date,” the Ministry said.
The Ministry is working on decentralising the strategy of testing training of lab scientists in Bulawayo is underway.
Globally 1 321 252 have tested positive for COVID 19 while 92 798 deaths have been recorded.