Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 20 May 2020
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Highlights of the Situation Report
- Two (2) cases tested positive for COVID-19. The cases are female returnees, 1 from Botswana and 1 from South Africa who both tested positive on the 8th day of quarantine.
- 830 RDT screening tests and 443 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 32862 (18244 RDT and 14618 PCR).
- To date the total number of confirmed cases is 48; recovered 18, active cases 26 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 |
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Province |
RDT |
PCR |
New |
Cum |
New |
Cum |
New |
Cum |
||
Bulawayo |
98 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
|
Harare |
321 |
408 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
9 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
|
Manicaland |
7 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mash Cent. |
6 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mash East |
52 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mash West |
87 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
|
Midlands |
34 |
28 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Masvingo |
109 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mat North |
7 |
- |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mat South |
109 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
830 |
443 |
2 |
48 |
0 |
18 |
26 |
0 |
4 |
|
Stay at home and avoid going to crowded places. Where people come together in crowds, it is more difficult to maintain physical distance of at least 1 metre.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.