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By IOL Reporter 
3h ago
Johannesburg – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced more than 9,000 new infections and 184 more deaths related to Covid-19 on Thursday night.
This brings South Africa’s Covid-19 infections closer to the 900,000 mark, with 892,813 positives since March. The death toll is now 24,011.
The number of recoveries in the country is 780,313, which represents that nine out of 10 people infected with the virus are recovering.
South Africa has the 18th highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world.
Mkhize said they had now screened more than 6 million people in the public and private sectors, with more than 42,500 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
The Eastern Cape province has the highest number of deaths, with 5,873, followed by Western Cape with 5,288, Gauteng, with 5,146, and KZN, with 3,518, with the highest number of deaths in the country.
Of the latest 184 deaths, Mkhize said the majority of those killed came from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape.
Eastern Cape – 103 dead
Western Cape – 58
Gauteng – 11
Free State – 4
KZN – 8
Free State – 4
Meanwhile, on the Reconciliation Day holiday, more than 10,008 new infections and 166 new deaths were confirmed.
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