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By Mayibongwe Maqhina, Lou-Anne Daniels 
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Cape Town – South Africa has registered 10,939 new cases of Covid-19 and another 254 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
The cumulative number of cases now stands at 912,477 and the death toll at 24,539, the health department confirmed on Saturday.
There are currently 100,156 active coronavirus cases across the country, with most of them coming from the Western Cape (32,889 cases), KwaZulu-Natal (27,431 cases), and the Eastern Cape (15,283 cases).
Gauteng has 14,386 active cases.
Tests
A total of 6,100,373 tests have been completed with 48,387 new tests performed since the last report, the department said.
Deaths and recoveries
Of the 254 deaths reported on Saturday, 85 were from the Eastern Cape, 74 from the Western Cape, 61 from KwaZulu-Natal, 18 from Gauteng, 12 from the Free State and 4 from Limpopo.
The total number of recoveries currently stands at 787 782.
DA will face the Cogta minister over new restrictions
Meanwhile, the Prosecutor’s Office has opposed the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, for advancing the closing time of restaurants and bars in the amended Covid-19 regulations.
On Saturday, Deputy District Attorney Dean Mcpherson accused Dlamini Zuma of overriding President Cyril Ramaphosa in the latest amended regulations released Thursday.
“This time, Dlamini Zuma has unilaterally decided to change the closing time of restaurants, bars, gyms, cinemas, theaters and museums from 10 am to 9 pm,” Mcpherson said.
On Monday, Ramaphosa said in his address to the nation that curfew hours would be longer, beginning at 11 p.m. and ending at 4 a.m.
Ramaphosa said the curfew was meant to prevent gatherings that drag on late into the night, while allowing restaurants, bars and taverns to continue to operate and earn income.
Mcpherson said he has written to Dlamini Zuma and Ramaphosa requesting an urgent response on why the closing time has been arrogantly altered.
“Establishments like restaurants need every hour they can to make up for the harsh and brutal lockdown they have been subjected to this year,” Mcpherson said.
The district attorney is taking the government to court, challenging the decision to close the beaches in the Garden Route district for the entirety of the holiday season.
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