TOP politicians and senior public servants in South Africa have been infected with COVID-19 as government grapples to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
The coronavirus pandemic has spread to at all nine provinces, with the countrywide death toll from the virus reaching more than 3 600 as of Thursday.
The number of cumulative COVID-19 cases in South Africa currently stands at 224 665, along with 3 600 deaths and 106 842 recoveries.
Earlier this week, North West Co-operative Governance MEC, Gordon Kegakilwe died as a result of a COVID-19 related illness after he was admitted to a Vryburg hospital on Sunday.
He was transferred to a medical facility in Klerksdorp on Monday but suffered a heart attack on arrival.
Cooperative Governance Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has sent condolences to the family of her North West MEC.
The virus also claimed the life of ANC KwaZulu Nata spokesperson Ricardo Mthembu, who died
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