Highlights of the situation report

• Fifty-three (53) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include returnees from South Africa (16), Botswana (3) and 34 local cases who are isolated.
• Twenty-nine (29) of the local cases are contacts of known confirmed cases, investigations are underway to establish the source of infection for the other 5 local cases.
• New recoveries were reported by Bulawayo Province (2) and Mashonaland East Province (2).
• 89 RDT screening tests and 592 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 81335 (47175 RDT and 34160 PCR).
• To date the total number of confirmed cases is 787; recovered 201, active cases 577 and 9 deaths, since the onset of the outbreak on 20 March 2020.

To protect yourself and others, report to the health authorities any suspicious returning citizens or residents that might not have gone through quarantine.