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South Africa recorded more than 24-thousand new Covid-19 cases on Friday - the highest daily number to date.
The Health Department says 24 270 new infections, which represents a 27.4% positivity rate, were confirmed in the 24-hour period up until Friday evening.
The latest infections surpass the peak of 21 980 in January and take the new cumulative total past two million.
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 303 coronavirus-related deaths were reported on Friday, bringing the country's death toll to 61 332.
The country now has more than 184 000 active cases, and the recovery rate is 87.8%
South Africa is facing what president Cyril Ramaphosa described as a "massive resurgence of infections" driven by the Delta variant.
The country's vaccination drive has been slow with around 3.2 million people having been immunised since February.
