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Johannesburg – South Africa now has more than 11,000 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced Tuesday afternoon.
No new deaths were reported, but as of Monday night, there were 206 Covid-19 deaths in the country.
Mkhize said there were 698 new infections, bringing the total number of cases to 11,350.
More than 90% of new cases were registered in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces, with 484 and 148 new cases, respectively.
This also means that the Eastern Cape, with 1,504 infections, now has more confirmed cases than KZN, which has 1,394.
|
New deaths |
New cases |
Total cases |
Total deaths |
|
|
South Africa |
0 0 |
698 |
11350 |
206 |
|
west cape |
0 0 |
484 |
6105 |
106 |
|
Gauteng |
0 0 |
43 |
2014 |
22 |
|
Eastern Cape |
0 0 |
148 |
1504 |
24 |
|
KZN |
0 0 |
22 |
1394 |
44 |
|
Free State |
0 0 |
0 0 |
135 |
6 6 |
|
Mpumalanga |
0 0 |
0 0 |
63 |
0 0 |
|
Limpopo |
0 0 |
0 0 |
54 |
3 |
|
northwest |
0 0 |
one |
51 |
one |
|
North Cape |
0 0 |
0 0 |
30 |
0 0 |
The country is currently on the 47th day of its national closure that was instituted to stop the spread of the virus.
In early May, South Africa entered level 4 of the national blockade and allowed just over a million workers to return to work, after instituting the strict level 5 blockade for 35 days.
Upon entering Level 4 of the running of the bulls, the use of cloth masks became compulsory for all who were in public. Stores refuse to serve those who do not cover their faces.
In the last week of the level 5 blockade, South Africa saw 1,694 new infections between April 24-30.
In the same period, there were 24 Covid-19 related deaths.
Mkhize said just under 370,000 people had been tested for the virus, and that the last 13,630 tests had been performed in the past 24 hours.
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