MORE THAN 560 people have died as a result of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
The pandemic that has taken over the country has now claimed the lives of 2,921 people.
This is a rise of 569 from yesterday.
As of 9am this morning, a total of 163,194 people have been been tested for the virus, of which 33,718 tested positive.
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