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1 dies of coronavirus in Zimbabwe raising total for this month to 15

One person from Bulawayo died of coronavirus today raising the total for this month to 15 and the total since the outbreak in March to 243.

Fourteen of those who died this month were from Bulawayo which now has 56 deaths.

There were 5 new cases and 10 recoveries. The number of cases so far stands at 8 367while that of those who have recovered is 7 894.

There are 230 active cases, 102 of them in Bulawayo and 63 in Harare.

Globally there are now 46.2 million cases. They include 1.2 million deaths, 33.4 million recoveries and 11.6 million active cases.

Britain has just short past one million cases becoming the ninth country to do so.

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Charles Rukuni

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