Covid-19 : Over 13 000 new coronavirus cases reported
A total of 111 Covid-19-related deaths were reported on 11 July.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced in a statement on 11 July that there have been 13 497 new Covid-19 cases reported.
This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases to 264 184. There are 127 715 recoveries.
Sadly, on 11 July, there have been 111 Covid-19-related deaths reported. In the Northern Cape there were four deaths, 13 in KwaZulu-Natal, 26 from Gauteng, 30 from the Eastern Cape and 38 from the Western Cape.
This brings the total number of deaths to 3 971.
There have been over 2.1 million tests done for Covid-19, 51 338 of which have been conducted since the previous report.
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