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For the second day in a row, SA surpassed its largest single-day increase in Covid-19 infections.
Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize said Thursday that 14,305 new infections have been confirmed since the figures were released Wednesday, bringing the national count to 968,563 confirmed cases to date.
This is a new single day high, topping the 14,046 new infections announced on Wednesday.
The number of new cases came from 56,008 tests, which translates into a positivity rate of 25.54%.
There are currently 119,602 active cases in SA. Most are in the Western Cape (38,245) and KwaZulu-Natal (38,123). Gauteng has 19,712 confirmed active cases. All other provinces have fewer than 10,000 active cases.
Mkhize also announced that There had been 326 deaths related to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Of these, 110 were in the Western Cape, 109 in the Eastern Cape, 81 in KZN, 22 in Gauteng and four in Free State.
This means that 25,983 deaths have been confirmed in South Africa as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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