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The Ministry would like to report that the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory tested 47 samples. One of these, a contact of the third case, tested positive for COVID-19.
The Ministry would like to advise the nation that the three cases reported by Mashonaland East province are cases which had already been reported as Harare cases, as they had been managed at Wilkins Hospital, Harare.
To date, Zimbabwe has 8 confirmed cases, including one death as shown in the table below.
| Cumulative tests done to date: | 241 | Positive test results: 8 | Negative test results: 233 | ||||
| Update on people who have tested positive to COVID 19 in Zimbabwe | |||||||
| Case No. | Date of diagnosis | Age | Gender | Travel history | Location | Clinical condition | |
| 1 | 20/03/2020 | 38yrs | M | United Kingdom | Vic. Falls | Stable, Mild disease | |
| 2 | 21/03/2020 | 30yrs | M | USA | Harare | Died | |
| 3 | 24/03/2020 | 52yrs | M | Dubai | Mash East T | Stable, Mild disease | |
| 4 | 26/03/2020 | 24yrs | F | USA | Harare | Stable, Mild disease | |
| 5 | 26/03/2020 | 30yrs | M | None — Contact of Case 2 | Harare | Stable, Mild disease | |
| 6 | 27/03/2020 | 40yrs | F | None — Contact of Case 3 | Mash East | Stable, Mild disease | |
| 7 | 27/03/2020 | 24yrs | F | None — Contact of Case 3 | Mash East | Stable, Miid disease | |
| 8 | 30/03/2020 | 21yrs | M | None — Contact of Case 3 | Mash East | Stable, Mild disease | |
This time marked the beginning of the 21-day total lockdown period.
The Ministry continues to be on HIGH alert to the COVID-19 pandemic and would like to remind everyone to practice good personal hygiene:
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.
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