Faizel Patel – 13/07/2020
The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 287,797
This is an increase of 11,554 from Sunday’s announcement.
The number of deaths has also increased by 93 bringing the total to 4,172.
Gauteng has the most infections with 103,713 followed by Western Cape at 79,344, Eastern Cape at 52,058, KwaZulu-Natal 27,387, Free State 5,632, North West 10,525, Mpumalanga 4,299, Limpopo 3,316, Northern Cape 1,522 and unallocated infections 0.
The total number of recoveries to date is 138,241, which translates to a recovery rate of 48,0%.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted to date is 2,194,624 this is an increase of 40,233 which were done in the last 24 hours.
“Regrettably, we report a further 93 COVID-19 related deaths- 6 from KwaZulu- Natal, 11 from Mpumalanga, 16 from the Free State, 37 from Western Cape and 23 from Eastern Cape. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 4,172.”
Mkhize has expressed his condolences to the affected families of those who have succumbed to the pandemic.
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