Active coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe dropped for the third consecutive day yesterday as more people continued to recover outpacing the number of new cases.
Nearly 9 000 people have recovered over the past three days resulting in the number of active cases dropping to 48 202.
There were 2 689 new cases yesterday and 14 deaths but 3 935 people recovered, the majority of them in the hardest hit provinces of Mashonaland East, Harare and Mashonaland West.
Harare is down to 11 826 cases after 1 027 people recovered yesterday.
Mashonaland East dropped to 7 459 after 1 075 people recovered while in Mashonaland West 563 people recovered resulting in the number of active cases dropping to 5 992.
Bulawayo is down to 4 080 after 342 people recovered.
Although there were more new cases yesterday the positivity rate was only 22.3% compared to 47.3% on Monday.
A total of 63 143 people have so far been infected this month and 112 have died. The previous high was in July when 58 996 people were infected but 1 743 died.
The vaccination rate is, however, not picking up with just over 16 000 people getting the jab yesterday, 8 980 the first dose and 7 953, the second.
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