By Jane Mlambo| On Friday 5 February, Zimbabwe recorded 160 new Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths, marking a significant drop in numbers and confirming the effectiveness of the lockdown imposed on the country by the government following a spike in numbers.

This takes this cumulative total number of cases and deaths to 34331 and 1303 respectively.

Of the 160 cases reported yesterday, 48 were from Harare only.