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Coronavirus recovery rate in Zimbabwe improves as cases continue to drop

The coronavirus recovery rate in Zimbabwe improved slightly from 71% to 72% yesterday as cases continued to drop but the positivity rate rose from 34.4% to 38.8% indicating that the country is not out of the woods yet.

The country recorded 2 106 new cases and three deaths yesterday but 1 674 people recovered, the highest number of them in Harare which is currently the worst hit province.

There are now 51 136 active cases with 13 737 in Harare, 7 536 in Mashonaland East, 6 274 in Mashonaland West and 4 632 in Bulawayo.

Just over 19 000 people were vaccinated yesterday with 9 276 getting the first jab and 10 279 the second.

 

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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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