SA records more than 5,000 new Covid-19 cases for third straight day

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SA recorded 5,668 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours - the third day in a row that the 5,000-mark has been breached.

SA recorded 5,668 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours — the third day in a row that the 5,000-mark has been breached. File image.SA recorded 5,668 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours — the third day in a row that the 5,000-mark has been breached.5,782 on Wednesday. The majority of the new infections over the three-day period have been in Gauteng.

There have now been 1,686,041 total Covid-19 cases recorded across SA since the outbreak of the coronavirus in March last year. The new cases announced on Friday came from 43,137 tests, at a positivity rate of 13.13%. cases identified. In releasing the figures, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize also reported that there were 67 Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. Of these, 24 were in Gauteng, 23 in the Free State, eight in the Western Cape, five in KwaZulu-Natal, four in the Eastern Cape and three in the Northern Cape.

There were no deaths recorded in Limpopo, Mpumalanga or the North West in the past 24 hours, Mkhize said.

 

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