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The number of Covid-19-related deaths has increased to 116, with 13 new deaths recorded, the Health Department announced Friday night.
In a statement, the department said recoveries had increased to 2,382 as of Wednesday.
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The last number of positive cases is 5,951, with 217,522 tests carried out throughout the country.
Those who were killed were from Gauteng, the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal.
“Since we are committed to reporting only full verification of deaths, we would like to indicate that there has been a delay in evaluating and verifying some of those reports,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.
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The Western Cape remains the access point with 2,507 cases and 641 recoveries, followed by Gauteng with 1,507 cases and 948 recoveries and KwaZulu-Natal with 1,006 cases and 372 recoveries.
The remaining provincial breakdown:
Eastern Cape Province: 691 cases and 254 recoveries.
Free status: 118 cases and 95 recoveries.
Limpopo: 34 cases and 25 recoveries.
Mpumalanga: 35 cases and 18 recoveries.
Northwest: 35 cases and 16 recoveries.
North Cape: 18 cases and 13 recoveries.
Total: 5,951 cases and 2,382 recoveries.
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