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		</div><p>South Africa’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases is edging close to a half-million, with the Health Ministry reporting 11,046 new cases overnight.</p>
<p>That brings the country’s caseload to 482,169, including 7,812 deaths.</p>
<p>Corruption in the country’s pandemic response is also a growing problem.</p>
<figure id="attachment_159647" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-159647" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-159647" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6CEA7566-60FF-48EB-9075-BFE6B9D2A956.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="383" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-159647" class="wp-caption-text">Funeral home workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a woman who died from Covid-19 into a hearse in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, South Africa</figcaption></figure>
<p>On Thursday, the health minister in the country’s epicentre of Gauteng province was forced to step down over corruption allegations related to government contracts for Covid-19 personal protective equipment.<br />
President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that now, more than ever, South Africa’s persistent problem with widespread corruption is endangering people’s lives.</p>
<p>South Africa makes up well over half the cases on the African continent and has the world’s fifth highest virus caseload.</p>
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