SA Covid-19 cases climb over 10,000 as death toll nears 200

More than 10,000 South Africans have tested positive for Covid-19, a 595 increase in the last 24 hours.

There were also eight more deaths recorded from Saturday, taking the total to 194.

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize released the figures on Sunday night.

“As of today, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 10,015. We note with concern that the Western Cape and Eastern Cape combined comprises 84% of the total new cases,” Mkhize said in a statement.

Four of the eight deaths were in Gauteng, three in the Western Cape, and one from the Eastern Cape, and 4 from Gauteng.

On Saturday, Mkhize said SA had recorded 525 new cases of Covid-19, with another eight deaths — bringing to 9,420 the total number of cases and to 186 the total number of people who have died from the disease.

There were 4,173 recoveries as of Sunday.

The provincial breakdown of cases on Sunday was provided as:

Eastern Cape — 1218;

Western Cape — 5,168;

Gauteng — 1952;

KwaZulu-Natal — 1353;

Free State — 135;

Mpumalanga — 61;

Limpopo — 54;

North West — 45; and

Northern Cape — 29.

This is a developing story.

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