This archive report was first published on 5 July 2021.
On July 4, 2021, Zambia's health ministry reported a remarkable reduction in new Covid-19 cases in the past week compared to the previous week.
According to Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in charge of Technical Services in the Ministry of Health, the country saw a reduction in the overall number of new cases from 19,535 to 15,714 in the last two weeks.
"Similarly, our overall positivity for the week dropped slightly from 26 percent to 24 percent. It is, however, too early to tell as yet if the worst is behind us," he said.
Malama noted that the country saw some reduction in daily admissions and deaths, but emphasized the need to address the root causes of the pandemic by taking the fight to the community.
He also announced that the country will be receiving 228,000 additional doses of AstraZeneca on July 5, 2021.
Meanwhile, the country recorded 1,795 new cases in the last 24 hours out of 7,531 tests done, bringing the cumulative cases to 164,282.
