COVID19 DEATHS CONTINUE DECLININGTHE country’s covid-19 mortality rate has continued to make a steady drop in the recent days after recording just four deaths country wide in the last 24 hours.According to a statement released by Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr Kennedy Malama, the number declined from five to four casualties in the last 24 hours.Dr Malama said that the mortality rate continued to drop and the casualties were from Copperbelt, Eastern, Muchinga and Southern provinces who all had a death each.He said the cumulative number of COVID-19 related deaths recorded todate now stood at 3,573 and were classified as 2,682 COVID-19 deaths and 891 COVID-19 associated deaths.He said based on the ministry’s cumulative statistics the fatality rate was at 1.75% countrywide and considering the global and regional COVID-19 situation, the country was continuing to make progress.‘’Looking at our country’s pandemic evolution, we anticipate that our overall positivity will continue to drop further to below […]
COVID19 DEATHS CONTINUE DECLINING
