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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – On the first of the 2021 South Africa recorded 16 726 new cases of Covid-19 and 418 more Covid-19 related deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa is now 1 073 887 and the the total detected deaths has reached 28 887.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Cape reported 66 Covid-related deaths on Friday, the Free State 8 , Gauteng 66, KwaZulu-Natal 134, Mpumalanga 6, and Western Cape 138.<\/p>\n

The cumulative total of tests done to date is 6 659 318 with 50 110 tests conducted in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Mkhize said the 16 726 new cases represent a positivity rate of 33.4%.<\/p>\n

The total recoveries are 887 701, representing a recovery rate of 82,6%.<\/p>\n

South Africa currently has the 17th most confirmed coronavirus cases in the world.<\/p>\n

According to Johns Hopkins University\u2019s real-time tally, the United States has now recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The US has so far registered 20,007,149 cases and 346,408 deaths in the pandemic, the Baltimore-based university said, making it the country with by far the highest official number of cases and the highest death toll.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom has recorded more than 50,000 new daily cases of the virus for the past four days.<\/p>\n

Both Britain and South Africa are currently facing a second wave in Covid-19 cases as new variants of the coronavirus have been discovered in both countries.<\/p>\n

IOL, Reuters, AFP<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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