The Sunday Mail
Online Reporter
COVID-19-related hospital admissions dropped over the past week, a Cabinet minister has said.
Addressing Tuesday’s post-Cabinet briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the country’s bed occupancy rate had declined to 1 percent from 1,2 percent.
“The country’s Covid-19 hospital bed occupancy rate also declined from 1,2 percent last week to 1 percent, with no Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions countrywide. Cabinet notes the efforts to control the pandemic are being effective,” she said.
Official data shows that as at April 25, 2022, Zimbabwe’s cumulative Covid-19 positive cases had reached 247 598, with 241 460 recoveries and 5 468 deaths.
The recovery rate was 98 percent, with 661 active cases recorded.
