STAFF WRITER
ZIMBABWE’s Covid-19 positivity rate has dropped to 2.4 percent from 3.6 signaling a decline in people who are testing positive to the virulent virus, latest Ministry of Health report shows.
The report shows that of 2, 035 Covid-19 tests carried out yesterday across the country only 49 came out positive, translating into a positivity rate of 2.4 percent.
“Forty-nine (49) new cases, all local and two (2) deaths [were] reported today (Sunday). Seven day rolling average for new cases fell to 102 today (Sunday) from 113 yesterday (Saturday).”
A total of 137 new recoveries were recorded yesterday, with the national recovery rate rising to 94 percent while active cases went down to 2, 939.
“As of 12 September 2021, Zimbabwe had recorded 126, 269 cases, 118, 792 recoveries and 4, 538 deaths.”
The report further indicates that as of 11 September, hospitalisations stood at 151, of which 72 were severe and 14 were in Intensive Care Units (ICU).
Government says 2.8 million Zimbabweans have received their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, with more than 1.8 having been fully vaccinated as the country pushes to achieve herd immunity.
