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By IOL Reporter 
August 27, 2020
Cape Town – South Africa has recorded 126 more Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the total number to 13,628.
A total of 48 deaths were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, 33 in Gauteng, 25 in the Eastern Cape and 20 in the Western Cape, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said Thursday, noting that 194 people had died yesterday.
While 2,585 new cases have been identified, the number of recoveries now stands at 531,338, which translates into a recovery rate of 86%.
“To date, a cumulative total of 618,286 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in South Africa, with 2,585 new cases identified,” Mkhize said.
The total number of tests performed to date is 3,617,982, with 19,009 new tests performed since the last report.
Nelson Mandela Bay Acting Mayor Thsonono Buyeye said Thursday that Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium would no longer be used as a Covid-19 isolation facility as of Monday.
Buyeye said that due to a decrease in the number of patients entering the facility, the municipality does not believe it is financially viable to continue using the stadium as a field hospital.
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has informed the Minister of Health, Dr. Zweli Mkhize, that the country should consider additional regulations on alcohol and cigarettes, even when Covid-19 is no longer a factor.
“There may be many reasons unrelated to Covid-19 for additional controls on both tobacco and alcohol, such as higher taxes and quantity controls.
“These must be implemented separately at a later stage unrelated to Covid-19,” the committee said in a letter the day the country moved to level 2.
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