Zimbabwe COVID-19 Update: 07 August 2021
Here is the Coronavirus/ COVID-19 Situation Report or Update for Zimbabwe by the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) on 07 August 2021:
- New cases: 445
- Local Cases: 445
- Returnees: 0
- Deaths: 21
- Hotspots: Hurungwe (4), Kariba (6), Makonde (4) {MashWest}, Bindura (5), Mazowe (4) {MashCent}, Marondera, (30) Mutoko (12) {MashEast}, Chiredzi (25) Masvingo (11) {MasvingoProv}, Harare (had not yet reported at the time of publishing the report), Kwekwe(4) {Midlands}.
- Vaccinations: 33 809 (first dose); 35 589 (second dose)
- Total Cumulative Vaccinations: 1 851 407 (first dose); 1 002 261 (second dose)
- Tests: 6 001 (Positivity today was 10.7%)
- Recoveries: 890; National Recovery Rate: 75%
- Active Cases: 24 684
- Total Cumulative Cases: 115 890
- Total Recoveries: 87 416
- Total Deaths: 3 826
| Province | PCR Tests Ag | Cum Cases (New) | Recovered Cases (New) | Active Cases | Deaths (New) |
| Bulawayo | 445 | 11 994(32) | 10390(102) | 1001 | 603(8) |
| Harare | 2215 | 25 554(0)* | 20542(0) | 3810 | 1 202(0) |
| Manicaland | 552 | 11 603(85) | 7709(44) | 3520 | 374(3) |
| Mash Cent | 244 | 7 609(21) | 5577(0) | 1835 | 197(0) |
| Mash East | 182 | 11 995(80) | 8 020(170) | 3678 | 297(2) |
| Mash West | 1188 | 15 497(43) | 12 023(100) | 3038 | 436(1) |
| Midlands | 123 | 9 022(29) | 5808(174) | 2847 | 367(2) |
| Masvingo | 286 | 8 714(51) | 6800(0) | 1765 | 149(4) |
| Mat North | 636 | 6 299(36) | 4696(50) | 1530 | 73(1) |
| Mat South | 130 | 7 603(68) | 5851(250) | 1624 | 128(0) |
| Total | 6001 | 115 890(445) | 87 416(890) | 24 648 | 3826(21) |
In other news,
Wedding Couple Arrested…Police Enforce Covid-19 Lockdown Laws
A MARRIAGE officer, a wedding couple and four service providers were on Saturday arrested for conducting a wedding during a Level 4 national lockdown at a church in Churu Farm.
Pastor Brian Macala, 31, of ZAOGA Churu Farm Assembly, was found officiating the wedding of Claris Ngwenya, 23, and Onward Chamboko, 42.
The three were arrested together with the cameraman Blessing Chinhengo, their Bindura based…Learn More
