### [2021-01-25](/feed/2021/01/25/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Zimbabwe surpasses 1,000 deaths from COVID-19. 

Zimbabwe's Covid-19 deaths have passed 1,000 as the country scrambles to contain a spike in infections of the virus that has said the lives of three government ministers in the last 10 days.


### Sources:

1. [Sowetan Live](https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/africa/2021-01-25-zimbabwe-covid-19-deaths-pass-1000-as-infections-surge/) [Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tUscqkMZu56Wt3uS5ZsClFh1tN4m5WhhHPP9y5q_eviua-rn8HCohqT81pZ-Rh6xPEQ_flwcRtSaL6YRCxMUHfvkh5h0r4WMrDKFPcwSnpcdkLI=s1000)

### Changes:

1. Zimbabwe surpasses 1,000 deaths of COVID-19.  _2021-01-26 03:05:32 (First version)_
1. Zimbabwe surpasses 1,000 deaths from COVID-19.  _(Current version)_

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