Zimbabwe today recorded eight coronavirus deaths -six of them in Harare, one in Bulawayo and another in Mashonaland East- pushing the national death toll to 218.

There were 90 new cases and only 22 recoveries.

The number of cases rose to 7 388 and that of recoveries to 5 477 leaving 1 693 active cases.

Harare now has more than 1 000 active cases.