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18 Zimbabweans die of coronavirus pushing tally to 122

Eighteen Zimbabweans, 16 of them from Harare, died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours pushing the tally to 122.

There were 75 new cases and 76 recoveries.

Zimbabwe now has 4 893 cases of which 3 151 are active and 1 620 have recovered.

Globally there are now 20.7 million cases including 749 500 deaths, 13.6 million recoveries and 6.4 million active cases.

South Africa has 568 919 cases and 11 010 deaths.  Some 432 029 have, however, recovered leaving just 125 880 active cases.

 

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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