The total number of active cases now stands on 211, up from 127 after 59 recoveries and 1 death recorded.

Before today's announcement, the province overall had 187 Covid-19 cases across all five districts in the province, with the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district, which include Klerksdorp, having the most active cases with 56 and lowest recovery rate with 20 people. 

The Bojanala District, which includes Rustenburg, has the second-highest number of active cases in the province with 54 and has the highest recovery rate of over 30, as well as 1 recoded death. 

Health MEC Madoda Sambatha announced that cases if Covid-19 started to increase following the outbreak and the spreading of the virus in the mining sector. which at the time had 75 confirmed cases.

He said Matlosana at the time accounted for 18 cases while Bojanala accounted for at least 57 cases. This as the province announced five miners from the Eastern Cape and one from Gauteng travelled back to the province's Impala Mine to resume with their work, and tested positive for Covid-19. Sambatha also announced that 57 mineworkers are from Sibanye Stillwater in Rustenburg, and 18 were from Harmony Gold Mine in Matlosana, which includes Orkney.

Notably, within Central South Africa, the Free State have the most cases with 299 at present, with 118 recoveries and 8 deaths, and the Northern Cape has the lowest number of cases with 91 and 1 death.


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