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By IOL 
7h ago
Cape Town – South Africa recorded 616 more Covid-19-related deaths on Friday, bringing the death toll to 32,425, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
The Eastern Cape recorded 215 more deaths on Friday, Free State 27, Gauteng 75, KwaZulu-Natal 72, Limpopo 11, Mpumalanga 11, North West 55, Northern Cape 4 and Western Cape 146.
According to Mkhize, the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases identified in South Africa is now 1,192,570.
Recoveries now stand at 947,919, representing a 79.5% recovery rate.
A cumulative total of 7,043,680 tests have been completed with 76,202 tests performed since the last report.
The coronavirus has killed at least 1,899,396 people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally on Friday based on official sources.
The United States is the most affected country with 365,321 deaths, followed by Brazil with 200,498, India with 150,570 and Mexico with 131,031.
The UK recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Britain has the world’s fifth-highest official death toll from Covid-19 at nearly 80,000, and the 1,325 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test on Friday surpassed the previous daily record from last April.
Additional information from AFP and Reuters
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