Premier Sisi Ntombela, without explaining any further, says the report was erroneous. This means that the province still only has six reported and confirmed deaths due to Covid-19. 

Ntombela also announced 8 more new cases in the last 24 hours, as the active number of cases now stands at 47 - this, after 115 recoveries and 6 deaths from 162 reported cases. 

She says 19 824 tests have been conducted and  1 352 787 people have been screened across the province. Bloemfontein still remains the epicentre of the virus with 132 cases reported overall.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday announced that the total number of confirmed Covid-29 cases in South Africa now stands at 15 515.

This follows after 1160 more were recorded. Mkhize announced that the total number of deaths is standing at 264 and the total recoveries are 7006.

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