{"id":35703,"date":"2021-02-28T18:52:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T16:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=35703"},"modified":"2021-02-28T18:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T16:23:41","slug":"zero-covid-19-deaths-recorded-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zero-covid-19-deaths-recorded-on-saturday","title":{"rendered":"Zero COVID-19 Deaths Recorded On Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>For the first time in 2021, Zimbabwe on Saturday recorded zero COVID-19 deaths, bringing hope to the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will finally open up the country to allow citizens to hustle for their families.<\/p>\n<p>In January alone, the country registered an average of 27 COVID-19 deaths on a daily basis bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the month to 837 deaths compared to 244 in February.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) reported 14 new cases, all of them local cases.<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative number of deaths as of 27 February 2021 stood at 1 463, 36 058 positive cases and 32 590 recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>The national recovery rate has crept up to 90.4% and 3 126 frontline workers have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe reverted to a hard lockdown on 5 January this year and President Mnangagwa is expected to review the restrictions in the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. For the first time in 2021, Zimbabwe on Saturday recorded zero COVID-19 deaths, bringing hope to the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will finally open up the country to allow citizens to hustle for their families. 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