SA recorded 1,424 new COVID-19 cases and 92 deaths in the past 24 hours. Photo: Pixabay
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that South Africa has recorded
1,424 new COVID-19 cases and 92 deaths in the past 24 hours.
“This means that to date 1,564,355 infections have been
confirmed across the country, as well as 53 663 deaths. The new cases came from
31,600 tests, at a positivity rate of 4.5%,” Mkize explained.
He added that of the newly recorded deaths, 52 were in the
North West, 14 in the Eastern Cape, 12 in Gauteng, five in the Northern Cape,
three in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, two in Mpumalanga, and one was in
the Western Cape. There were no deaths recorded in Limpopo.
Mkhize also confirmed that 1,488,572 recoveries have been
recorded to date, at a recovery rate of 95%.
