South Africa had 1,770 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases, according to health minister Zweli Mhkize.
There have been a total of 19,276 deaths to date from a total of 725,452 confirmed positive cases with 96,093from the Eastern Cape. There have been 654,182 recoveries.
With 228,756 confirmed cases, Gauteng has the highest number of infections nationwide.
