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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – Deputy Minister of the Police Cassel Mathale is one of 21 294 employees of the South African Police Service who have been infected with the coronavirus, police said.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Minister tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday and is currently asymptomatic and is self-isolating, police ministry spokesperson Lirandzu Themba said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, 336 members of the service have lost their lives to the virus while 337 are recovering in hospital,\u201d Themba said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Western Cape province has recorded highest infections at 3,587; Gauteng 3,436; Eastern Cape 2,968; KwaZulu-Natal 2,632; Free State 1,285; Northern Cape 941; North West 856<\/p>\n

The Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces have recorded the lowest infections at 724 and 595 respectively.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Khehla John Sitole returned to work earlier this week after receiving a clean bill of health.<\/p>\n

General Sitole tested positive for the Covid-19 more than 14 days ago but he has been completely asymptomatic during his recovery.<\/p>\n

The National Commissioner said he was glad that he was able to recover from this devastating virus which has taken over 27 000 lives.<\/p>\n

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