NATIONAL NEWS - The Gauteng province has officially overtaken the Western Cape as South Africa’s Covid-19 hotspot with the highest number of cumulative, confirmed cases.
The province now has 1723 more infections than the Western Cape.
In a late night statement, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that 224,665 confirmed cases had been identified in the country so far.
“Regrettably, we report a further 100 Covid-19 related deaths – 2 from Limpopo, 18 from KwaZulu-Natal, 15 from Mpumalanga, 18 from Eastern Cape, 47 from Western Cape,” the statement reads.
Gauteng has prepared over 1 million grave sites in response to the pandemic.
