The first two people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Zambia were on Saturday released from an isolation facility after successfully recovering from the disease.

Meanwhile the country did not record any new cases in the last 24 hours.

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said the two patients were released and sent home after results came out negative.

He said the cumulative number of cases was still at 39, with one death.

According to him, after the discharge of the two patients, the country now has 36 patients in its isolation facilities.

He commended the health workers for working tirelessly in taking care of the patients.CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears have unveiled statues of Walter Payton and George Halas at Soldier Field, two days before the team opens the 100th season of the NFL with a home game against the rival Green Bay Packers.

Each 12-foot statue weighs 3,000 pounds. One shows Payton, the Hall of Fame running back who died in 1999 at the age of 45 from cancer, and the other shows Halas, the team's founder, owner and head coach who led the franchise to six NFL titles. Halas died in 1983 at the age of 88.

The two were honored Tuesday during a ceremony that included Halas' daughter, Virginia Halas McCaskey; Payton's children, Jarrett and Brittney; and former Bears coach Mike Ditka.

The fourth pick in the 1975 draft, Payton spent his entire