South Africa had 7,999 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases, according to health minister Zweli Mhkize.
There have been a total of 23,276 deaths to date from a total of 860,964 confirmed positive cases with 148,528 from the Eastern Cape. There have been 761,011 recoveries.
With 245,360 confirmed cases, Gauteng has the highest number of infections nationwide.
