The minister for Manicaland Provincial Affairs, Ellen Gwaradzimba, has died of Covid-19, Zimbabean media reports.

She was 60 years old.

Gwaradzimba is the second serving Zimbabwean politician to die of coronavirus after Perrance Shiri - minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement - who died in July last year.

"We have been robbed once again of a hardworking and dedicated cadre," said sports minister Tino Machakaire on Friday.

"I am praying for peace and comfort for her family and those of us who knew her."