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Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent
BULAWAYO has recorded three deaths and 231 new Covid-19 cases bringing the total number of cases in the province to 419.
According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe recorded 273 new Covid-19 positive cases bringing the total number of cases in the country to 1 362.
The national Covid-19 death toll now stands at 23 following the three Bulawayo deaths.
All the 231 new cases in Bulawayo, which has now become the epicenter of the pandemic, were from local transmissions.
Bulawayo now has the highest number of cases in the country at 419 cases followed by Harare with 386 cases.
Harare recorded 22 new cases, all local transmission, while the Midlands province recorded 10 new cases, all of them from returning residents.
“Due to a backlog of sample processing at the testing NTBRL, Bulawayo has recorded 31 cases today, which were recorded over the last seven days, but were not processed. The cases will be distributed in the epi-curve according to the dates the samples were collected,” reads the statement.
“Today, we regret to report three deaths, two at community level and one at facility level. These deaths occurred in Bulawayo province. The community deaths were detected during routine post mortem as part of our Covid-19 surveillance.”
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