SA reports record high COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs
South Africa recorded a daily high in new COVID-19 infections with 6 580 cases reported on Thursday.
Eighty-seven more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded by the Health Department - of which 15 comes from KwaZulu-Natal - this takes the death toll up to 2 292
The number of cases in the country now stands at 118 375.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the mortality rate now stands at 1.9%.
KZN's death toll now sits at 106.
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There have been 6 590 cases reported in the province - and over 2 000 recoveries.
Nationally, there's been over 50 000 recoveries which translates into a 50.7% recovery rate.
Over 1.4 million tests have been conducted nationwide.
