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South Africa has recorded 1 273 new Covid-19 infections and a further 49 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
This brings the cumulative number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic to 1 550 724.
South Africaâs death toll now stands at 52 946.
âThe number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol remains 269 102,â Mkhize said.
CASE DATA BY PROVINCE
At 415 038, Gauteng remains the province with the highest number of positive cases recorded to date while the Northern Cape has had the lowest number of cases at 36 478.
ACTIVE CASES, DEATHS AND RECOVERIES