Zimbabwe on Thursday recorded 12 deaths, the highest number since March when the first death was recorded in the country.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related fatalities to 53.
The tragedy was announced by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in a statement which also observed that the total number of officially confirmed coronavirus cases has risen to 3092 after 213 people tested positive for the deadly virus.
205 of the new cases are locals while 8 are returnees from South Africa.
