An average of 3 500 new infections is being reported each day in the province according to theSABC.

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He did say that the numbers of new infections are concerning.

Covid-19, Schools, Gauteng, Department of Educaiton, Department of Health

There has been a spike in the number of infections in schools with over 1 000 learners testing positive for Covid-19 in the last week. Photo credit: @dw.africa, @EThekwini Maritime ClusterSource: Facebook

There were 135 additional in-hospital deaths reported in the past 24 hours.

The vaccine is still awaiting approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.

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