The country’s covid-19 recovery rate remains constant at 90% after more than 625,000 people have recovered from the virus. Another 165 related deaths were recorded yesterday, bringing the country’s covid-19 related death toll to 18,028. The worldwide covid-19 infection rate now stands at more than 38-million cases. The worldwide total death toll has risen to 1,086,315.

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As of one o’clock this afternoon, the Western Cape has 2701 active COVID-19 infections with a total of 112 318 confirmed cases and 105 347 recoveries. The death-toll in the province now stands at 4270.
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