COVID-19: SA records highest number of deaths in 24-hour period
18 558 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in our country in the past hours.
This takes our total number of positive cases to 1 278 303.
There's also been an increase in the number of lives claimed by the virus meaning our total death toll stands at 35 140.
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This after the country recorded the highest number of deaths at 806 in a single 24 hour period.
KZN recorded 225 of those deaths. The province has 69 599 active cases.
The Western Cape leads with 8 642 deaths followed by Gauteng with 6 606 with KZN having the third number of COVID-19 deaths with a total of 5 732.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 1 278 303, the total number of deaths is 35 140 and the total number of recoveries is 1 030 930. pic.twitter.com/qAZu4njAY7
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 13, 2021
