Categories: Stories

41recover from coronavirus in Zimbabwe, active cases down to 233

Zimbabwe today recorded five new cases of coronavirus and 41 recoveries bringing the number of active cases down to 233, almost half of them in Bulawayo.

The second city has 114 active cases while Harare has 58 and Manicaland 32. All the other provinces have less than 10 cases, each, except for Matebeleland South which has 10.

The country now has 8 320 cases but 7 845 people have recovered and 242 have died.

Globally the number of cases now stands at 44.6 million. This includes 1.18 million deaths, 32.6 million recoveries and 10.8 million active cases.

The United Kingdom is now at number 9 and is fast approaching one million cases. It had 453 000 cases at the beginning of this month but now stands at 942 000 cases.

(79 VIEWS)

This post was last modified on October 28, 2020 7:51 pm

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.

Recent Posts

Zimbabwe third among the least free countries in SADC

Zimbabwe has been ranked third among the least free countries in Southern Africa but it…

May 24, 2026

Why I had a girlfriend two months after my wife’s death- Take 1

I had always considered it a curse for a wife to die before her husband.…

May 18, 2026

Why I had a girlfriend two months after my wife’s death

This is a true story about the challenges and loneliness I faced when my wife…

May 17, 2026

Coming soon

My first long-form article in booklet form: Why I had a girlfriend two months after…

May 16, 2026

Insider Publisher starts whatsapp channel

The editor and publisher of The Insider, Charles Rukuni, has started a whatsapp channel through…

May 15, 2026

Who propped whom: Masiyiwa vs Nyambirai?

A friend who knows about my legal battle with Zimbabwe’s richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, way…

May 1, 2026