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Zambia conducted 2,792 tests in the last 24 hours as the country ramps up tests as an effort to combat the pandemic, a government agency said on Sunday.

The Zambia Institute of Public Health (ZIPH) said the tests conducted in the last 24 hours resulted in 78 new cases, a continued decline in the positivity rate, according to the information posted on its website.

This brings the cumulative cases to 15,052.

On the other hand, 93 patients were discharged from various health facilities during the same period, bringing the total recoveries to 14,187 while 532 patients were still undergoing treatment.

The total deaths stand at 333 as the country did not record any deaths in the last 24 hours.