Three more people have died of Covid-19 in the Western Cape, premier Alan Winde said on Thursday.
They were women aged 62 and 63 and a 41-year-old man, and their deaths bring the provincial total to 25.
Even though Gauteng still has the most Covid-19 cases — 1,224 — it has had only seven deaths and chalked up 826 recoveries. Its active cases total 391, compared with 892 in the Western Cape.
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