The death toll from Covid-19 in SA has climbed past the 200 mark, with 12 new deaths announced on Monday
There were also 637 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country, with more than half of the new cases coming from the Western Cape. There are now a total of 10,652 cases across SA and 206 total deaths.Eight of the new fatalities recorded were from the Western Cape. Two were from the Eastern Cape, while KwaZulu-Natal also recorded a single fatality.
This means that the Western Cape now has more than 100 deaths, and the Eastern Cape has replaced Gauteng as the province with the third highest number of deaths. KZN has the second highest death toll.The Eastern Cape recorded the second highest number of new infections, with 138 cases, , followed by Gauteng and KZN, both with 19 new cases.Limpopo and the Free State, which have relatively low infection numbers, had no new cases recorded.
But just as the number of infections are on the rise, so are the number of people being screened and tested. There were 4,357 recoveries recorded by Monday, the ministry said.
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