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Schools record 106 COVID-19 cases in one day BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA/PRESTIGE MNTANGA TWO schools in Matabeleland South have reported 106 cases of COVID-19, reigniting fears that schools remain hotspots and that authorities were not adequately prepared for their reopening. Sacred Heart Girls High School in Esigodini was closed on Thursday after 51 pupils tested positive to COVID-19. The Health ministry also reported that 55 pupils at Umzingwane High School tested positive to the virus on the same day. According to the situational report released by the ministry, Umzingwane High School cases were part of the 68 new cases recorded countrywide on Thursday. Late last month, seven pupils at Prince Edward High School in Harare tested positive to COVID-19 after undergoing PCR tests at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.

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