KwaZulu-Natal records highest number Covid-19 deaths in SA
After recording 345 Covid-19-related deaths on Tuesday and 414 yesterday, the number of fatalities in the country dropped to 306 on Thursday.
A total of 78 deaths were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, 75 in Gauteng, 66 in the Eastern Cape, 46 in the Western Cape, 23 in the Free State and 18 in the Northern Cape, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement. This brings the cumulative number of deaths to 9 604.
The number of recoveries currently stands at 387 316, which translates to a recovery rate of 72%. There are now 538 184 confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa.
The total number of tests conducted to date is 3 149 807, with 36 616 new tests conducted since the last report.
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