As we continue to trudge through life under lockdown level 2, it appears as though the country is slowing the rate of new daily infections. This according to the National Department of Health (NDoH) and its latest statistics with regard to COVID-19 in South Africa.
While the numbers are relatively high compared to other parts of the globe, over the past 24 hours, 1 567 new infections have been recorded, which is a significantly lower number than the country was recording only three weeks ago.
To date the total number of infections sits at 613 017, with a reported 520 381 recoveries. This translates to a high recovery rate of 84 percent, which is something that the NDoH has been stressing and highlighting over the course of the past five months of lockdown.
Unfortunately the number of fatalities continues to rise. To that end 149 new deaths have been recorded, bringing the total as related to COVID-19 in South Africa to 13 308.
As it has done previously, the NDoH has provided detail as to which provinces the fatalities were recorded in, with 54 in Gauteng, 35 in KwaZulu-Natal, 18 in the Western Cape, 16 each in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga, and 10 from the Northern Cape.
The full breakdown of COVID-19 in South Africa is as follows:
| Province | Confirmed Cases | Recoveries | Active cases | Deaths |
| Western Cape | 104 781 | 93 920 | 10 861 | 3 763 |
| Eastern Cape | 85 311 | 80 614 | 4 697 | 2 816 |
| Northern Cape | 9 375 | 6 381 | 2 859 | 116 |
| Free State | 35 603 | 21 174 | 14 429 | 567 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 110 521 | 93 019 | 17 502 | 1 997 |
| North West | 24 445 | 17 008 | 7 437 | 224 |
| Mpumalanga | 23 336 | 21 370 | 1 966 | 312 |
| Gauteng | 206 892 | 175 407 | 31 485 | 3 334 |
| Limpopo | 12 703 | 11 488 | 1 215 | 179 |
| Unknown | 50 | |||
| TOTAL | 613 017 | 520 381 | 92 636 | 13 308 |
As always, in order to stay up to date with the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and abroad, we advise the following materials and platforms:
- Dr Zweli Mkhize on Twitter
- COVID-19 Connect on WhatsApp – add 0600 123 456 as a contact and say “Hi”.
- World Health Organisation
- SA Coronavirus website
- SA Government
- SA Presidency
[Image – Photo by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash]
