2nd Person Dies of Coronavirus in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health has said the country has now recorded second death due to coronavirus.

The ministry revealed that the deceased is a 79-year-old man from Bulawayo who died on the 4th of April and had tested positive of Coronavirus.

The man is said to have visited Hwange resort town in mid March and it is suspected that it is where he contracted the virus.

Confirming the development Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said, “Number of positive #Covid19Zim is now 11. 21 samples were tested today and one of these came out positive. This is a 79 year old Bulawayo man who had to receive care in ICU for critical care management.”

He is the second person to die of the deadly virus in Zimbabwe.

Number of postitve #Covid19Zim is now 11. 21 samples were tested today and one of these came out positive. This is a 79 year old Bulawayo man who had to receive care in ICU for critical care management pic.twitter.com/tvfNEcusBx

— Nick Mangwana (@nickmangwana) April 7, 2020