Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says in the latest monitoring period, 712 Covid-19 related fatalities have been recorded in the past 24 hours. This comes after 806 deaths were announced on Wednesday, and 755 deaths on Tuesday. This means that 2 273 people have been confirmed to have died from Covid-19 related illnesses in just three days. Mkhize says 18 503 new Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the recovery rate is 80,9%.

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15 January 2021

Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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