THE country recorded 978 new Covid-19 positive cases and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours. All 978 cases are local cases with 559 cases from Harare alone. A total of 4 936 PCR tests were conducted. New recoveries were 143.

The national recovery rate stands at 58,6 percent and active cases went up to 8 388.

"As at 10 January 2021, Zimbabweans has recorded 21 477 confirmed cases, including 12 582 recoveries and 507 deaths," reads statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care.

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