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* Note: Due to the different notification times, the provincial numbers will differ in some cases per day with the national numbers for certain provinces.
Seventeen more Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded in the country, bringing the number to 178, while the largest one-day increase in new cases reached 663.
The number of cases increased to 8,895, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced in his daily update on Friday night.
The health department said there were delays in reporting some of the deaths while conducting verification processes.
According to Mkhize, the 503 new cases from the Western Cape were 76% of all new ones, while the Eastern Cape contributed 9% in the last 24 hours.
He said the department would embark on supervisory visits in the two provinces as cases increased.
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The breakdown of cases by province was Eastern Cape – 989, Free State – 133, Gauteng – 1,851, KwaZulu-Natal – 1,253, Limpopo – 43, Mpumalanga – 60, North West – 42, Northern Cape – 27 and Western Cape – 4 497.
The Western Cape had the highest reported deaths with 88 and also carried more than 50% of the Covid-19 cargo in the country at this time, according to Mkhize.
The province previously argued that its rapid and active test approach to putting out “forest fires” had naturally seen more reported cases.
The number of deaths by province is Eastern Cape – 21, Free State –
6, Gauteng – 18, KwaZulu-Natal – 42, Limpopo -3, Mpumalanga -0, North
West -0, North Cape -0 and Western Cape – 88.
“We are also pleased to report that as of May 5, 8,216,605 citizens have been screened across the country,” Mkhize said.
As of Thursday, 435 patients were hospitalized, 45 in intensive care, 77 in the ICU and 40 in ventilation.
Mkhize said the hospitalization rate in the country was maintained at 5% of all diagnosed patients.
To date, 307,752 tests have been performed, with 15,599 in the last 24 hours.
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