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Source: Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe | May 24, 2020

Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 23 May 2020

HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 24, 2020/APO Group/ --

Highlights of the situation report

No cases tested positive for COVID-19.
Five (5) new recoveries were reported from Bulawayo.
1284 RDT screening tests and 142 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 36538 (21202 RDT and 15336 PCR).
To date the total number of confirmed cases remains at 56; recovered 23, active cases 29 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
Province	RDT	PCR	New	Cum	New	Cum		New		Cum
Bulawayo	7	1	0	12	5	9	2	0	1
Harare	20	90	0	24	0	9	13	0	2
Manicaland	41	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mash Cent.	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mash East	0	0	0	6	0	4	2	0	0
Mash West	249	3	0	5	0	0	4	0	1
Midlands	706	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0
Masvingo	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mat North	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mat South	231	0	0	3	0	0	3	0		0
Total	1284	142	0	56	5	23	29	0		4

COVID-19 can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.

Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update, 23 May 2020 HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 24, 2020/APO Group/ -- Highlights of the situation report

No cases tested positive for COVID-19.
Five (5) new recoveries were reported from Bulawayo.
1284 RDT screening tests and 142 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 36538 (21202 RDT and 15336 PCR).
To date the total number of confirmed cases remains at 56; recovered 23, active cases 29 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
Province	RDT	PCR	New	Cum	New	Cum		New		Cum
Bulawayo	7	1	0	12	5	9	2	0	1
Harare	20	90	0	24	0	9	13	0	2
Manicaland	41	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mash Cent.	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mash East	0	0	0	6	0	4	2	0	0
Mash West	249	3	0	5	0	0	4	0	1
Midlands	706	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0
Masvingo	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mat North	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mat South	231	0	0	3	0	0	3	0		0
Total	1284	142	0	56	5	23	29	0		4

COVID-19 can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.

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