There were also an additional 48 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 1,210. Of those newly recorded deaths, 37 were in the Western Cape, nine in the Eastern Cape and two in KZN.
There was a mortality rate of 2.2%, said the department.
The Western Cape continues to be the epicentre of the illness in SA, with 927 deaths and 36,021 cases. The Eastern Cape has recorded 147 deaths from its 7,154 cases.
There have been 31,505 confirmed recoveries, which “translates to a recovery rate of 56.8%,” said the ministry.
As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 55 421, the total number of deaths is 1210 and the recoveries to date are 31 505. pic.twitter.com/7MNNRskAHV
— Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) June 10, 2020
