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By IOL Reporter 
10h ago
Durban – Despite an increase in Covid-19 cases in South Africa, the country’s recovery rate has been stable at 90% for most of this week.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Health announced that the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases detected in the country had increased from 1,745 to 676,084.
“Unfortunately, we report 132 more Covid-19 related deaths: 41 in Mpumalanga, 49 in KwaZulu-Natal, 8 in Gauteng, 7 in the Northwest, 7 in the North Cape, 6 in the Western Cape and 14 in the Free State. Brings the total number of
COVID-19 related deaths to 16,866, “said National Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize,
He said recoveries now stand at 609,854, which translates to a 90% recovery rate.
“The cumulative number of tests performed to date is 4,209,049 with 21,132 new tests performed since the last report,” Mkhize said.
Meanwhile, Madrid will become the first European capital to return to lockdown in the coming days after the region’s leader reluctantly agreed on Thursday to obey a central government order to ban non-essential travel to and from the capital. Spanish, while Germany lifted its general warning. Against traveling to all countries outside the European Union early Thursday, however, little is likely to change for most travelers under the new regulation.
The cautious reopening, agreed to by the German cabinet three weeks ago, comes as Europe faces a rebound in Covid-19 cases, with many warning that the continent is on the cusp of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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