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By Sihle Mlambo 
18h ago
Johannesburg – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced 188 more Covid-19-related deaths and 903 new infections on Monday night.
This brings South Africa’s Covid-19 death toll to 16,586 and infections to more than 671,669.
Mkhize said 178 of the new deaths came from the Free State province, but also explained that there has been a two-week delay in the statistics for that province.
“There has been a two-week delay in reporting the deaths in Free State, as the province collected data from various districts and verified it with data from Internal Affairs.
“This is part of efforts to improve data quality by aligning facility information with Internal Affairs statistics.
“The data from the post mortem swabs also had to be collected and verified. This is in line with the recommendations of the Medical Research Council.
“The data is now up to date,” said the minister.
South Africa has the 10th highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world, behind the United States, Brazil, India and Russia. Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Argentina.
New infections are slowing down in the country, and as a result, the country has been at alert level 1 of the lockdown for about a week.
The Health Department said it had now screened more than 4.1 million people in the public and private sectors, with nearly 9,000 tests performed in the past 24 hours.
The death toll from coronavirus in South Africa now stands at 16,586.
Gauteng province now has the highest number of deaths, with 4205, followed by the Western Cape, with 4167, the Eastern Cape with 3113 and KZN, with 2627, have the highest number of deaths in the country.
Of the last 188 deaths, Mkhize said the majority of those killed came from the Free State, with 178 deaths.
Deaths by province:
Free State – 178
Western Cape – 4
Eastern Cape – 3
Gauteng – 2
KZN – 1
“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 604,478, which translates to a 90% recovery rate,” Mkhize said.
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