On March 5, the first Covid-19 case was recorded in SA. Just five months later, the total number of cases in the country has soared dramatically to 538,184.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Thursday that 8,307 new Covid-19 infections had been reported in the past 24 hours.
He also announced 306 new deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 9,604. The monthly breakdown of cases and deaths since that first infection shows just how drastic the spike has been:month 3: 35,862 cases, 760 deaths;Of the new deaths, 66 were in the Eastern Cape, 75 in Gauteng, 78 in KwaZulu-Natal, 46 in the Western Cape, 23 in the Free State and 18 in the Northern Cape.The figures are based on 3,149,807 total tests, of which 36,616 were done in the past 24-hour cycle.
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