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Midlands records first coronavirus recoveries as Zimbabwe cases shoot to 356

Midlands Province today recorded its first three coronavirus recoveries reducing the number of active cases from 29 to 26 but the country had 13 more positive cases raising the total to 356.

All 13 new cases were returning residents, 12 from South Africa and one from the United Kingdom.

The number of people that have recovered so far has risen to 54.

Some 58 239 people have been tested so far.

Globally there are now 7.8 million cases. More than 430 000 people have died and four million have recovered.

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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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