Harare (New Ziana)-Two more Zimbabweans tested positive for Covid-19 in Harare on Saturday, bringing the country’s total to 44, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said.

In a daily update, the Ministry said the two new positive cases recorded were returning citizens who arrived in the country from the United Kingdom earlier this month.

“Two cases tested positive for Covid-19 today (Saturday). The two cases are both female returning citizens from the United Kingdom who arrived on the 4th of May 2020 and are residents of Harare.

“To date the total number of confirmed cases is 44; recovered 17, active 23 and 4 deaths, since the onset of the outbreak on 20 March 2020,” it said.

The Ministry said two of the four positive cases reported on Friday under Mashonaland West province were actually residents of Manicaland and Harare.

On Saturday, 48 RDT screening tests and 504 PCR confirmatory tests were done.

The cumulative number of tests done in Zimbabwe to date is 27 059 (14 784 RDTs and 12 275 PCR/GeneXpert).

Government says the Covid-19 testing capacity in all the country’s provinces using the recommended PCR testing kits will be intensified.

In an address to announce the indefinite extension of the Covid-19 lockdown on Saturday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said private sector-run testing and isolation centres are encouraged and would be facilitated in line with the prescribed policies of the Ministry of Health and Child Care.

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