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207 deaths so far for Ugu District

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Ugu District has 11 479 confirmed Covid-19 cases with 207 deaths as of Sunday, January 3.
 
The rate of recovery is 6137. 
 
As of Tuesday, January 5, the sacoronavirus.co.za website reports a cumulative total of 1 113 349 Covid-19 cases identified with 12 601 new cases since the last report, representing a 33,7 percent positivity rate.

Province Total cases for 04 January 2021 Percentage total
Eastern Cape 174176 15,6
Free State 63740 5,7
Gauteng 301212 27,1
KwaZulu-Natal 217432 19,5
Limpopo 28333 2,5
Mpumalanga 39045 3,5
North West 41735 3,7
Northern Cape 26019 2,3
Western Cape 221657 19,9
Unknown 0 0,0
Total 1113349 100,00

A cumulative total of 6 780 272 tests have been conducted with 37 419 tests conducted since the last report.

Deaths, Recoveries and Active Cases
 
Regrettably, a further 434 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 133 , Free State 2, Gauteng 36, Kwa-Zulu Natal 71, Limpopo 7, North West 25, Northern Cape 3 and Western Cape 157.
 
This means we have breached the 30 000 mark for the cumulative number of Covid-19 related deaths identified, at 30 011.
 
Recoveries now stand at 911 573 at a recovery rate of 81,9 percent.

Province Total Deaths Total

 

Recoveries

Active Cases
Eastern Cape 7 716 161 376 5 084
Free State 2 189 55 214 6 337
Gauteng 5 763 264 261 31 188
KwaZulu-Natal 4 713 145 819 66 900
Limpopo 622 22 035 5 676
Mpumalanga 656 34 338 4 051
North West 602 35 429 5 704
Northern Cape 398 23 139 2 482
Western Cape 7 352 169 962 44 343
Total 30 011 911 573 171 765

Information taken from: www.nicd.ac.za

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