The Department of Health Confirmed that the cumulative number of detected COVID-19 cases is 679 716 with 1 883 new cases confirmed.
The cumulative number of tests conducted to date is 4 251 513 with 21 804 new tests conducted since the last report.
The Department reported 29 more COVID-19 related deaths: 1 from Eastern Cape, 11 from KwaZulu-Natal, 2 from Gauteng, 7 from Western Cape, and 8 from the Free State.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 16 938.
Our recoveries now stand at 612 763 which translates to a recovery rate of 90%.