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More than 8,000 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours, the biggest single-day increase in SA to date.Image: 123RF/Jarun Ontakrai
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Biggest daily jump in Covid-19 cases recorded

SA had its biggest ever single-day increase in Covid-19 cases, with the health ministry reporting on Wednesday that 8,124 new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours. The means there are now 159,333 cases across SA. The majority of…

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Four new Eastern Cape deaths as SA’s Covid-19 cases rise by more than 440 in one day

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa reached 6783 on Sunday and the death toll has risen to 131. This means another eight deaths were confirmed on Sunday – two in the Western Cape, two in Gauteng and four in the Eastern…

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