The Ministry would like to report that two of the PCR tests done in Bulawayo on the 28th of April 2020 were positive for COVID-19.
Today. a total of 355 tests were done as shown in table 1 below, giving a total of 7642 screening and diagnostic tests done to date. All the PCR tests done in Bulawayo today were negative for COVID-19. Of the PCR tests done in Harare today, six were positive for COVID-19. More details on these cases will be given in tomorrow’s update.
Table 1: Distribution of tests done today
| Province | No. of tests done |
| Mat. South | 25 |
| Mat. North | 10 |
| Bulawayo | 98* |
| Mash. Central | 11 |
| Harare | 211* |
| TOTAL | 355 |
*Disaggregation of tests done by province was not available at the time of print
Therefore, to date, Zimbabwe now has forty confirmed cases, including five recoveries and four deaths.
Table 2: Number of confirmed cases to date
| Province | No. of Confirmed Cases |
| Matabeleland North | 1 |
| Bulawayo | 12 |
| Harare | 19 |
| Mashonaland East | 5 |
| Mashonaland West | 3 |
| Total | 40 |
Case #33 is a 70-year-old male resident of Bulawayo, who returned from the United Kingdom on 18 March 2020. He was tested for COVID-19 as a contact to Case #I4. Currently, he is stable, with mild disease.
Case #34 is a 27-year-old male resident of Bulawayo, with no recent history of travel. He was tested for COVID-19 as a contact to Case #33. Currently, he is also stable, with mild disease.
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Both cases are recovering under self-isolation at home.
The Ministry continues to be on HIGH alert to the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be guided by the COVID-19 containment strategy which is based on intensified active surveillance, timely case detection, testing, isolation and management of all COVID-19 cases. Further, the Ministry would like to remind the nation that, the most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are to practise good personal hygiene and exercise social distancing.
