26 August 2020 1 Min Read
SA records 2,758 new Covid-19 cases as death toll passes 13,500
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Health minister Zweli Mkhize announced an additional 194 Covid-19 related deaths on Wednesday, bringing SA's total death toll to 13,502.
Image: Alon Skuy
Image: Alon Skuy
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After two days of fewer than 2,000 new Covid-19 cases being recorded, the health ministry on Wednesday announced that 2,758 infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours.
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Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that there were now 615,701 total cases across SA.
He also announced an additional 194 Covid-19 related deaths. This means there have been 13,502 fatalities across the country.
Of the new deaths, 57 were in KwaZulu-Natal, 61 in Gauteng, four in the Northern Cape, 12 in the Eastern Cape and 60 in the Western Cape.
Mkhize also announced that there have been 525,242 recoveries - a recovery rate of 85%.
The figures were based on 3,598,973 total tests to date, of which 20,137 were done in the last 24-hour cycle.
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