COVID-19 kills Matabeleland South child as confirmed cases reach 1064. A Matabeleland South child has been reported dead after succumbing to the deadly Coronavirus bringing the number of deaths to 19.
In a statement of Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said, “Today we regret to report a death at the facility level. The death occurred in Matabeleland South Province and is of a child who was admitted into hospital on 11 July 2020 with severe pneumonia.”
Read their statement below:
Thirty (30) cases tested positive for COVIO-19 today. These include returnees from South Africa (7}, Botswana (3), Lesotho (3), Zambia (1} and 16 local cases who are isolated.
Seven (7) of the local cases are contacts of known confirmed cases. Investigations are underway to establish the source of infection for the remaining 14.
Today we regret to report a death at the facility level. The death occurred in Matabeleland South Province and is of a child who was admitted into hospital on 11 July 2020 with severe pneumonia.
Today 1452 RDT screening tests and 693 PCR diagnostic tests were done. The cumulative number of tests done to date is 93248 (55 227 ROT and 38 021 PCR).
Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak on 20 March 2020, As at 14 July 2020, Zimbabwe had 1064 confirmed cases, including 343 recoveries and twenty (20) deaths.
Source – Bulawayo24
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