Night life continues in Zambia despite rising Covid-19 deaths

LUSAKA, Zambia

Zambia’s death toll arising from COVID 19 has continued to get grimmer by the day as the reach and spread of the disease unfolds.

The country has in the last 24hours recorded the highest number of fatalities at 14 in a single day since the outbreak in March.

The new cases in the last 24 hrs are 265 which has brought the cumulative figure to 6,228 since March.

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for administration, Kakulubelwa Mulalelo says of the 14 deaths, 10 were brought in dead, while four died at Levy Mwanawasa Hospital in Lusaka.

Mulalelo has admitted shortcomings in fighting the disease such as failure to observe contact tracing because so many people do not report to authorities and do not observe laid protective directives.

She said the continued geographical spread of the virus is a matter of concern but assured that stringent measures will continue to be implemented especially in ports of entry to avoid new transmission of the virus.