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Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent
THE number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Zimbabwe has risen to 46 following the confirmation of two more cases on Sunday.
The latest cases have been recorded in Harare bringing the total number of cases in the province to 22.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care said the total number of reported deaths remained at four while the total number of recovered cases is 18.
Bulawayo still has 12 confirmed cases, with seven cases still active, four recoveries and one death.
A total of 671 rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and 279 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were done countrywide on Sunday.
“Two cases tested positive for Covid-19 today. One is a male returnee from the United Kingdom and the second is a truck driver who initially tested positive in Zambia and again tested positive on re-testing in Harare,” read the ministry’s statement.
“Today 671 RDT testing screening tests and 279 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 28 019 (15 455 RDT and 12 564 PCR tests). To date, the total number of confirmed cases is 46, recovered 18, active cases 24 and four deaths since the onset of the outbreak on 20 March 2020.”
In an interview, acting Bulawayo provincial medical director Dr Welcome Mlilo said Covid-19 patients in the province were in stable condition, while four had already recovered.
He said one of the recoveries is of one of two patients who were at the isolation entre at Elangeni Training Centre in Khumalo suburb.
“Our patients are all in a stable condition. Four have recovered already and so far, one of the patients who was at Elangeni has since been discharged and we have one patient there now. The patients are all stable and the rest of them are in self-isolation at home. Currently, we have no patient needing clinical care,” said Dr Mlilo. — @andile_tshuma
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