Covid-19 death toll keeps climbing in the Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape province has recorded the most Covid-19 deaths across South Africa, in the latest cycle.
Statistics released by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, show that the province has recorded a further 32 deaths.
The Free State has recorded 23 more deaths, while the Western Cape has recorded 11 new related deaths.
Gauteng has recorded seven coronavirus fatalities.
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The Covid-19 death toll continues to rise, while government is sending additional teams to the province and fears mounting that cluster outbreaks in the province could also lead to a spike in infections in other parts of the country.
A further 1 245 new cases have been identified, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 752 269 since the start of the epidemic in March.
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 16 November.
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