The Covid-19 death toll in the Western Cape has climbed past 100, while the Eastern Cape has replaced Gauteng as the province with the third highest number of deaths.
The Western Cape accounts for 51% of the confirmed number of deaths in the country after 12 people died. No deaths have been recorded yet in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.
Of the new confirmed infections, 453 were from the Western Cape. The Eastern Cape recorded the second highest number of new infections with 138 cases – a combined 92.7% with the Western Cape in the overall new cases – followed by Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Monday it is evident that there is cross-border transmission of Covid-19 between the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, and that this had to be handled holistically.
Between Sunday and Monday, 14 731 new tests were done, with the number of infections rising. There were 4 357 recoveries recorded by Monday.
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