BULAWAYO continues to record a spike in Covid-19 cases as 12 new cases were recorded in the city on Saturday from 21 infections that were reported countrywide.<\/p>\n
The country has so far recorded 8 786 Covid-19 confirmed cases since March inclusive of 8 096 recoveries and 257 deaths.<\/p>\n
Three cases were reported in Mashonaland Central, while Manicaland, Midlands and Masvingo recorded two cases each on the same day.<\/p>\n
All the new cases were local transmissions.<\/p>\n
On Friday the city recorded 13 new cases and one death while the previous day it recorded eight cases.<\/p>\n
Bulawayo remains the country\u2019s epicentre for Covid-19 with 116 active cases followed by Harare with 71 cases and Matabeleland South with 61 cases.<\/p>\n
Matabeleland North has 56 active cases while Masvingo and Midlands provinces have 39 active cases each.<\/p>\n
While the country\u2019s Covid-19 death toll stands at 257, Harare has the highest number of deaths at 121 followed by Bulawayo with 66 cases.<\/p>\n
Bulawayo has accounted for the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the past two weeks as six deaths were reported.<\/p>\n
Bulawayo provincial Covid-19 taskforce has since demanded that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) health department to provide statistics to the pandemic hotspot suburbs.<\/p>\n
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