“As of today [Sunday], the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 48,285,” Mkhize said.
This was a 2,312 increase of cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.
The figures were based on 920,064 total tests, of which 28,395 were conducted since Saturday’s report.
The deaths per province were provided on Sunday as:
- Western Cape – 774;
- Eastern Cape – 101;
- KZN – 61;
- Gauteng – 47;
- Free State – 9;
- Limpopo – 3;
- Mpumalanga – 1;
- Northern Cape – 1; and
- North West – 1