Nearly 600 deaths in a single day as SA approaches 400,000 Covid-19 cases

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Nearly 600 deaths in a single day as SA approaches 400,000 Covid-19 cases
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Of the new deaths, 400 were recorded in the Eastern Cape. A further 114 were recorded in Gauteng, 35 in the Western Cape, 18 in KwaZulu-Natal and five in the Free State.

The ministry's latest figures also reveal that SA climbed closer to the 400,000 mark of Covid-19 infections, with 13,150 new cases confirmed in 24 hours.

As is the case with total infections, the Western Cape , Gauteng , the Eastern Cape and KZN are responsible for the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths.on Wednesday that health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize had slated Eastern Cape officials for not releasing their death statistics on a daily basis.

“MEC, your reporting of deaths must be as they come and on a daily basis,” he told health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. “We want to know what the figures are every day."

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