Covid-19 cases in SA rise to 668 529
Some 1 480 new infections were recorded on Friday and 29 more people have died.
South Africa now has 668 529 confirmed Covid-19 cases, the Department of Health announced on Friday.
This is an increase of 1 480 new infections.
There were 29 more deaths recorded, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country to 16 312.
According to data released by the Department of Health, 599 149 recoveries have been recorded to date.
In total, 4 117 079 Covid-19 tests have been conducted.
The following confirmed Covid-19 cases have been detected in each province, according to the data released on Friday:
– Western Cape: 110 224 cases
– Gauteng: 218 650 cases
– KwaZulu-Natal: 118 489 cases
– Eastern Cape: 88 680 cases
– Limpopo: 15 139 cases
– Mpumalanga: 26 914 cases
– North West: 28 809 cases
– Northern Cape: 15 946 cases
– Free State: 45 678 cases
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