South Africa's death toll due to COVID-19 has increased by 43 percent in the past week.
On Saturday, the health department reported seven more deaths, bringing the total to 123.COVID-19 death toll in SA rises to 123Testing has also been ramped up with the number of tests conducted up by 43 percent in the past week.
More than 13,000 people were tested in the last 24 hours, the highest number of tests in a 24-hour cycle since testing started.The good news is that recoveries have jumped by 73 percent in the past week with more than 2,500 people who tested positive having already recovered.The findings show that 58 percent of those that died were men and 42 percent were women.
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