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As of Tuesday, South Africa has registered a cumulative number of 651,521 Covid-19 cases, with only 772 new cases identified.
The total number of tests performed to date is 3,940,217, with 11,603 new tests performed since the last report.
The country has also recorded 142 more deaths from Covid-19: 16 from KwaZulu-Natal, 12 from Gauteng, 4 from the Eastern Cape, 13 from the Western Cape, 11 from the Northern Cape, 19 from Mpumalanga and 67 from Limpopo.
This brings the total number of Covid-19-related deaths to 15,641.
“We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and we thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased patients. Our recoveries now stand at 583,126, which translates into a recovery rate of 89.5%, ”said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
Below is the provincial breakdown:
source: Department of Health
source: Department of Health
Western Cape Prime Minister Alan Winde and other Prime Ministers will meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to discuss the next phase of the lockdown on Tuesday.
In a video statement released Tuesday, Winde said he would push for three main agenda items that his government believed would allow for increased economic activity in the country.
Winde said he will ask the president to lift the curfew and also clarify international travel.
“We need an opening date for international travel, in October, so that reservations can be made by international travelers who want to come to our country for business or vacations in the coming months,” he said.
“We need to make sure we open up to our events, sporting businesses and churches should be able to open up more cargo capacity,” Winde added.
Winde last week also pleaded with Ramaphosa to fight the “second pandemic” – unemployment – by opening up all sectors of the economy on Friday.
According to a statement from the presidency, the meeting would be chaired by Ramaphosa and was expected to focus on an NCCC report on the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This, as Ramaphosa hinted in a meeting with the South African National Editors Forum last week, that South Africa could soon enter a Level 1 lockdown.
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