This figure includes inmates and officials, the correctional services department said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
The department of correctional services says the number of Covid-19 cases in South African prisons has increased to 85.The number of Covid-19 cases in South African prisons has increased by six, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 85.
There was also one case of an official at the department's head office having been infected with the respiratory illness.
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