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New coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe down to 52

New coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe dropped to 52 today after hitting 112 and 165 in the past two days following an outbreak at schools in Mangwe and Manicaland.

Bulawayo had 21 new cases and Manicaland 2O resulting in the number of active cases in Bulawayo rising to 133 and in Manicaland to 170.

Active cases nationwide rose to 1 179 with Matebeleland South having the highest number f 407, followed by Harare with 383.

There were only 14 recoveries and one death.

So far 1 553 people have died, 34 019 have recovered and 37 751have been affected.

The number of people who were vaccinated for the first time was down to 2 488 bringing the total to 278 583 while only 57 got their second dose to raise the number of people fully vaccinated to 35 863.

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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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