The number of Covid-19 cases in SA has climbed to 5,647, the health ministry said on Thursday.
This was an increase of 297 cases from the day before. No new deaths were reported.
The Eastern Cape now has 647 confirmed cases.
The new figures were based on a total number of 207,530 tests, of which 10,403 were done in the past 24 hours.
300 new Covid-19 cases in SA, Eastern Cape records 647
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The number of Covid-19 cases in SA has climbed to 5,647, the health ministry said on Thursday.
This was an increase of 297 cases from the day before. No new deaths were reported.
The Eastern Cape now has 647 confirmed cases.
The new figures were based on a total number of 207,530 tests, of which 10,403 were done in the past 24 hours.
On Wednesday, the country recorded its single biggest 24-hour jump in Cov id-19 cases, as the tally surged by 354 cases to a total of 5,350. There were also an additional 10 deaths recorded, taking the total to 103.
On Thursday, the ministry said that the Western Cape was still the country's epicentre, with 2,342 cases. Gauteng was next with 1,446 and KwaZulu-Natal with 980.
The provincial breakdown is as follows:
Eastern Cape 647
Free State 116
Gauteng 1446
KwaZulu-Natal 980
Limpopo 32
Mpumalanga 36
North West 31
Northern Cape 17
Western Cape 2342
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