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Health minister Joe Phaahla and his deputy Sibongiseni Dhlomo are on Friday giving an update on Covid-19 developments and government's strategy on the vaccination roll-out plan.

recorded on Thursday, with Gauteng continuingThere were also significant increases in the Western Cape and in KwaZulu-Natal .

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported a spike in new hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, with 274 people admitted . There are 2,904 people being treated in hospital for Covid-19-related complications.

 

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