The number of South Africans to die of Covid-19 has climbed
to 148, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Ten deaths were reported in the last 24 hours - seven of
them in the Western Cape and one each in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and
Gauteng.
There were also now 7,572 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in SA
- an increase of 357 in the last 24 hours.
The new cases were from 10,523 tests in the last 24 hours,
and 268,064 tests have now been done countrywide.
On Monday, the department announced there were 7,220
confirmed cases across SA, with the death toll at 138. There were also a
reported 2,746 recoveries on Monday, with this figure not updated in Tuesday
night's release.
The provincial breakdown of cases on Tuesday was provided
as:
Western Cape - 3,609;
Gauteng - 1,697;
KZN - 1,697;
Eastern Cape - 838;
Free State - 128;
Mpumalanga - 57;
Limpopo - 40;
North West - 35; and
Northern Cape - 26.
The number of deaths and recoveries were recorded as:
Western Cape - 71 deaths, 833 recoveries;
KwaZulu-Natal - 36 deaths, 415 recoveries;
Eastern Cape - 18 deaths, 341 recoveries;
Gauteng - 15 deaths, 979 recoveries;
Free State - 6 deaths, 96 recoveries;
Limpopo - 2 deaths, 27 recoveries;
Mpumalanga - 0 deaths, 22 recoveries;
North West - 0 deaths, 20 recoveries; and
Northern Cape - 0 deaths, 13 recoveries. Sowetan
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