Mkhize also announced another milestone in the country's fight against Covid-19, with more than 1-million tests now having been done.
“1,028,399 tests have been conducted cumulatively, of which 29,999 were conducted since the last report [Wednesday]," he said.Mkhize was speaking in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Thursday after a visit to the province. Despite having done significantly fewer tests than Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape has the third most Covid-19 cases in the country. By Thursday, it had 7,868 cases — behind only the Western Cape and Gauteng
According to figures released on Wednesday night, the Eastern Cape had the second-highest death toll, with 147 deaths. The Western Cape had 927.
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