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By Sihle Mlambo 
11h ago
Johannesburg – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced 13 more Covid-19-related deaths and 1,555 new infections on Sunday night.
This brings South Africa’s Covid-19 death toll to 15,953 and infections to more than 661,211.
South Africa has the eighth highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world, behind the United States, Brazil, India and Russia. Peru, Colombia and Mexico.
New infections are slowing down in the country and, starting at midnight, the country will enter alert level 1 of the lockdown.
Covid-19-related deaths in the country have also slowed significantly from the heights of 572 daily deaths in July, to double-digit deaths since mid-September.
Globally, active cases stand at just over 7.4 million, while Covid-19-related deaths amount to 963,000 and recoveries exceed 22.7 million.
The Health Department said it had now screened more than 4 million people in the public and private sectors, with nearly 16,800 tests performed in the past 24 hours.
The death toll from coronavirus in South Africa now stands at 15,953.
The Western Cape still has the highest number of deaths, with 4,117, Gauteng with 4,030, Eastern Cape with 3,070 and KZN, with 2,531, have the highest number of deaths in the country.
Of the last 13 deaths, Mkhize said they came from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KZN.
Deaths by province:
Western Cape – 6
Eastern Cape – 3
Gauteng – 3
KZN – 1
“Sadly, we reported 13 more COVID-19 related deaths: 3 from the Eastern Cape, 1 from KwaZulu-Natal, 3 from Gauteng and 6 from the Western Cape.
“This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 15,953.
“We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and we thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased patients. Our recoveries now stand at 590,071, which translates to a recovery rate of 89.2%, ”said Mkhize.
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