South Africa
#Covid19: KZN surpasses WC with active cases─── 08:00 Sun, 27 Dec 2020
South Africa has recorded a high of 14 796 new infections during Saturday's reporting period.
This is the highest number of cases recorded in a single cycle, surpassing figures released on Thursday.
The country has 983 359 cumulative cases but only 126 832 of these cases are active.
The Northern Cape has the least Covid-19 related deaths, with 372 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
KwaZulu-Natal now has the most active Covid-19 cases, surpassing the Western Cape.
“Regrettably, we report 293 more Covid-19-related deaths: Eastern Cape 115, Free State 6, Gauteng 23, Kwa-Zulu Natal 27, Limpopo 10, Mpumalanga 5 and Western Cape 107. This brings the total to 26 276 deaths,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.
The Eastern Cape maintains the highest number of fatalities, followed by the Western Cape, Gauteng and KZN.
