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Zimbabwe winning coronavirus battle as active cases drop to 37 249

Zimbabwe is winning the battle against the coronavirus as it recorded 605 new cases and six deaths yesterday but 2 237 people recovered reducing the number of active cases to 37 249.

A total of 69 726 people were infected this month and 184 have so far died. In July 58 996 were infected and 1 743 died.

Harare continues to see the greatest improvement as active cases are now down to 5 819 after 594 more people recovered yesterday. It had reached more than 13 000 cases.

Cases in Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West also dropped to 7 516 and 5 497, respectively.

Masvingo now has less than a thousand cases and stands at 981 after 236 people recovered yesterday.

Just over 5 500 people were vaccinated yesterday with 3 219 getting the first jab and 2 372 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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