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But this seemingly high number stems from more than 15 061 new tests that were conducted, out of the 245 747 that had been done to date.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the Western Cape still had the highest number of infections with 3044 confirmed cases, followed by Gauteng with 1624 cases and KwaZulu-Natal with 1076 cases. The other provinces\u2019 numbers are: 774 in Eastern Cape, 122 in Free State, 37 in Limpopo, 46 in Mpumalanga, 36 in North West and 24 in the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>More than 7.2m South Africans have been screened and more than 72 000 were referred for testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa reached 6783 on Sunday and the death toll has risen to 131. This means another eight deaths were confirmed on Sunday \u2013 two in the Western Cape, two in Gauteng and four in the Eastern Cape. 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