Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 4th July 2020 HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 5, 2020/APO Group/ -- Highlights of the situation report

Seventy-three (73) cases tested positive for COVID-19. These include returnees from South Africa (55), Botswana (3), Mozambique (3), USA (2), Australia (1), Zambia (1) and 8 local cases who are isolated.
Two of the local cases are contacts of known confirmed cases, investigations are underway to establish the source of infection for the other (6) cases.
We regret to report a facility death of a female aged 21, from Harare Province, who tested positive with no history of travel and had co-morbidities.
New recoveries were reported by Midlands Province (4) and Mashonaland East Province (1).
2247 RDT screening tests and 733 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 78465 (45620 RDT and 32845 PCR).
To date the total number of confirmed cases is 698; recovered 181, active cases 509 and 8 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
Province	RDT	PCR	New	Cum		New	Cum		New	Cum
Bulawayo	66	306	0		72	0	23	46	0	3
Harare	1553	323	16		242	0	64	175	1	3
Manicaland	54	0	0		29	0	6	23	0	0
Mash Cent.	0	0	0		10	0	4	6	0	0
Mash East	220	0	19		75	1	27	48	0	0
Mash West	155	0	2		43	0	2	40	0	1
Midlands	0	0	0		65	4	8	56	0	1
Masvingo	61	0	0		53	0	17	36	0	0
Mat North	138	0	0		19	0	8	11	0	0
Mat South	0	104	36		90	0	22	68	0	0
Total	2247	733	73		698	5	181	509	1	8

Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West provinces received positive results NMRL. To protect yourself and others, report to the health authorities any suspicious returning citizens or residents that might not have gone through quarantine. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.