Just a day after the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases breached the 100,000 mark in SA, the health ministry confirmed that another milestone had been hit.
On Tuesday, the health ministry announced that 111 Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the biggest single-day increase in fatalities. This means that there are now more than 2,000 fatalities linked to the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said that 78 of the new deaths were in the Western Cape, 28 were from the Eastern Cape, four from KwaZulu-Natal and one from Mpumalanga - taking the national total to 2,102. This is just 15 days after the 1,000 death milestone was hit on June 8. The first fatality was reported onThere were also an additional 4,518 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, meaning that there were now 106,108 cases across SA.The Western Cape remains the epicentre in terms of deaths and cases, while Gauteng has the second highest number of cases and the Eastern Cape has the second highest number of fatalities.
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