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Coronavirus cases in Bulawayo on the increase

Coronavirus cases in Bulawayo are on the increase with the second city now having 93 active cases after falling down to 2 cases two weeks ago.

Harare, however, continues on a steady decline and now has 441 active cases.

Zimbabwe today recorded 41 new cases and one death which saw the number of cases rise to 36 652 and deaths to 1 510.

A total of 34 249 people have recovered so far.

There are now 893 active cases after only 23 people recovered today.

Matebeleland North has 204 and Manicaland 57.

Today, 1 685 people were vaccinated bringing the total to 41 687.

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This post was last modified on March 19, 2021 10:02 pm

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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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