SA surpasses 650 000 Covid-19 cases mark

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South Africa has surpassed the 650 000 mark on confirmed Covid-19 cases after recording 956 cases in the last 24 hours with Gauteng still accounting for most of the cases at 215 307.

“Regrettably, we report 52 more COVID-19 related deaths: 2 from KwaZulu-Natal, 3 from Gauteng, 4 from Eastern Cape, 7 from Western Cape, 15 from North West and 21 from the Free State” said health minister Dr Mkhize

This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 15 499.

Province	Total cases for 14 September 2020	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	87456	13,4
Free State	42120	6,5
Gauteng	215307	33,1
KwaZulu-Natal	116513	17,9
Limpopo	14216	2,2
Mpumalanga	25825	4,0
North West	27262	4,2
Northern Cape	13564	2,1
Western Cape	108486	16,7
Unknown	0	0,0
Total	650749	100,0