Health minister reports more than 13,500 new cases in the past 24 hours based on the highest number of tests done in SA in a single day
SA recorded 13,674 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, its highest ever single-day increase.SA recorded its highest ever single-day increase in Covid-19 cases, with 13,674 infections confirmed in the past 24 hours.This is according to statistics released by the health minister on Thursday night, based on the highest number of tests done in SA in a single day .An additional 129 deaths were reported in the same period, taking the national total to 3,720.
The ministry also announced that it had corrected a “data interpretation error” regarding Limpopo's death statistics, and had since corrected it from 44 to 33 cases. Gauteng overtook the Western Cape as the country's coronavirus epicentre on Wednesday, and the statistics for Thursday show that it continues to experience the most number of cases and the biggest increase in infections.
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