Total Covid-19 cases in SA rise to 337 594
The number of confirmed cases increased to over 300 000 and a total of 4 804 people have died.
South Africa now has a total of 337 594 confirmed Covid-19 cases, the Department of Health announced on Friday, 17 July.
The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country has also risen to 4 804.
According to data released by the Department of Health, a total 178 182 recoveries have been recorded to date.
A total of 2 373 053 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: 64 254 cases
- Gauteng: 123 480 cases
- KwaZulu-Natal: 37 722 cases
- Eastern Cape: 58 860 cases
- Limpopo: 4 160 cases
- Mpumalanga: 6 073 cases
- North West: 12 722 cases
- Northern Cape: 2 044 cases
- Free State: 8 290 cases
- Unallocated: 5 cases
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