The total number of infections has increased by 785 since Thursday.
In a statement on Friday evening, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa had risen to 13,524.
Mkhize said there were another nine Covid-related deaths, bringing the total deaths nationally to 247.The Western Cape has nearly two-thirds of all confirmed cases.
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