Staff Reporter
HARARE – The confirmed number of Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe has risen to 32 after one more person tested positive on Monday.
The health ministry said the latest case was among 204 samples tested in Harare. No further details were provided.
Sources have confirmed that the positive case was recorded at Parirenyatwa Hospital, where a man being treated for Malaria returned results showing him as also COVID-19 positive.
“The ministry would like to report that today (Monday) a total of 439 tests were done giving a total of 6,834 screening and diagnostic tests done to date,” the ministry said in a statement.
“Of the PCR tests done in Harare today, one was positive for Covid-19. All PCR tests done in Bulawayo today were negative for Covid-19.”
Zimbabwe now has 32 confirmed cases, including five recoveries and four deaths.
The ministry of health has dispatched teams to Chitemere Village in Mhondoro after two direct contacts of an 82-year-old woman who succumbed to Covid-19 tested positive.
Covid-19 cases worldwide were 3,066,417 at 9AM on Tuesday, with 211,663 reported deaths. Some 923,448 people had recovered from the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
The virus, which has spread to 214 countries, is believed to have originated late last year among wild animals on sale in a seafood market in Wuhan, China. The market has been closed and boarded up since January.
The outbreak has prompted heavy scrutiny for wet markets, a key facet of China’s daily life, even though only a few sell wildlife. Chinese dietary habits have come in for sharp criticism around the world with videos showing dogs being cooked alive (above) and others showing animals being consumed alive (alive).
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