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The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Africa has exceeded 10,000, Health Minister Zweli Mkize said on Sunday.
The total now stands at 10,015.
Eight more deaths have been confirmed, three in the Western Cape, one in the Eastern Cape and four in Gauteng, bringing the total number of deaths to 194.
However, Mkhize said he was encouraged by the number of recoveries, which was 4,173 to May 9.
The Western Cape and Eastern Cape combined represent 84% of total new cases, Mkhize said.
341,336 tests have been carried out, with 49% of the tests carried out in private facilities and 51% in public facilities.
17,257 tests were conducted since the department’s last report.
Decomposition
- Western Cape Province: 5 168 cases, 98 deaths and 1 607 recoveries
- Gauteng: 1,952 cases, 22 deaths and 1,247 recoveries
- KwaZulu-Natal: 1,353 cases, 43 deaths and 606 recoveries
- Eastern Cape Province: 1,218 cases, 22 deaths and 519 recoveries
- Free state: 135 cases, six deaths and 105 recoveries
- Mpumalanga: 61 cases, no deaths, 22 recoveries
- Limpopo: 54 cases, three deaths and 28 recoveries
- Northwest: 45 cases, no deaths, 23 recoveries
- Northern Cape: 29 cases, no deaths, 16 recoveries
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