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- The Department of Health has reported 1 346 new Covid-19 cases.
- This brings the cumulative number of cases to 663 282.
- South Africa has recorded a recovery rate of 89.4%.
The Department of Health has recorded 1 346 new Covid-19 cases as of Tuesday, bringing the cumulative number of detected ones to 663 282.
Cases per province:
Eastern Cape: 88 319
Free State: 44 616
Gauteng: 217 759
Kwa Zulu-Natal: 117 972
Limpopo: 14 777
Mpumalanga: 26 612
North West: 28 331
Northern Cape: 15 280
Western Cape: 109 616
Unknown: 0
Total: 663 282
The department, however, reported 126 more Covid-19-related deaths, which took the number of fatalities to 16 118.
“Five were from the Eastern Cape, 54 from KwaZulu-Natal, 45 from Gauteng, five from the North West and 17 from the Western Cape,” it said in a statement on Tuesday.
In addition, recoveries now stand at 592 904, which translates to a recovery rate of 89.4%.
Since the last report, the department had recorded 16 394 new tests, bringing the cumulative number conducted to date to 4 064 117, with 57% and 43% in the private and public sectors, respectively.