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A total of 121 500 tests have been conducted to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\" data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As at today, the number of confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> cases are 3300, the death toll is now 58 and the number of recoveries have increased to 1055 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8qn7V0NKdQ\">pic.twitter.com\/8qn7V0NKdQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrZweliMkhize\/status\/1252310038666006528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID%E3%83%BC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID\u30fc19<\/a> statistics in SA as at 20 April 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qgrdtc3TdR\">pic.twitter.com\/Qgrdtc3TdR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrZweliMkhize\/status\/1252311460962852864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of confirmed cases globally is standing at <strong>2 466 305<\/strong>, death toll is at <strong>169 338<\/strong> and recoveries are sitting at <strong>644 589<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\" data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zweli-Mkhize-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zweli-Mkhize-1.jpg 830w, https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zweli-Mkhize-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zweli-Mkhize-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize has announced today&#8217;s update on Covid-19. 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