TellZim reporter
Cases of the deadly measles disease among infants continue to recur in the country with Manicaland province where the disease was first noticed and wreaked havoc topping national charts on new cases.
According to the Situational Report released by the Ministry of Health and Child Care on their official twitter handle as at September 1, 2022, Manicaland recorded 38 new cases of the disease, highest of all the country’s 10 provinces.
Following in second position is Mashonaland East with 29 while in third position is Midlands with 21 new cases. Matabeleland South recorded 13 while Harare has 7 new cases.
The information released also revealed that Manicaland has a total of 2 737 cases (1 491 male, 1246 female). Of that total, 486 have been vaccinated while 1932 are unvaccinated while the status of 319 remains unknown.
1 454 were discharged from care while 949 are still in care.
The province has also reported a total of 334 deaths with two of them being new. No institutional deaths were recorded.
In Masvingo province, a total of 401 cases were recorded with 211 being male while 190 are female. 142 were vaccinated while 169 were not and 91 have their status unknown. 357 were discharged from care.
A total of 44 community deaths were recorded with 0 institutional ones.
Midlands province recorded a total of 518 cases with 261 being male and 257 female. 47 children were vaccinated while 355 were not but the status of the other 118 remains unknown.
462 were discharged leaving none in care.
The province recorded 56 community and 0 institutional deaths.
The national total according to the situational report stands at 5 843 with 3 108 male and 2 735 being female and among them 108 are new cases.
Nationally, 1 575 were vaccinated while 3 402 are unvaccinated with 769 having an unknown status.
4 212 were discharged from care while 983 were still in care.
A total 648 deaths were recorded with 647 being from communities with 1 institutional.
