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- The Department of Health has reported 1,346 new cases of Covid-19.
- This brings the cumulative number of cases to 663,282.
- South Africa has recorded a recovery rate of 89.4%.
The Health Department has registered 1,346 new cases of Covid-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the cumulative number of detected cases to 663,282.
Cases by province:
Eastern Cape: 88319
Free State: 44616
Gauteng: 217 759
In Zulu-Natal: 117 972
Limpopo: 14 777
Mpumalanga: 26 612
Northwest: 28 331
North Cape: 15280
Western Cape: 109 616
Unknown: 0
Total: 663282
However, the department reported 126 more Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 16,118.
“Five were from the Eastern Cape, 54 from KwaZulu-Natal, 45 from Gauteng, five from the Northwest and 17 from the Western Cape,” it said in a statement Tuesday.
In addition, recoveries now stand at 592,904, which translates into a recovery rate of 89.4%.
Since the last report, the department had registered 16,394 new tests, bringing the cumulative number carried out to date to 4,064,117, with 57% and 43% in the public and private sectors, respectively.
