Western Cape surpass Thirty Thousand as SA COVID-19 cases increases

CASES

South Africa records forty-four new coronavirus related deaths with twenty-five in the Western Cape, seven in Gauteng, six each in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape bringing the number of fatalities in the country to nine hundred and fifty-two.

Compared to the global average mortality rate of 6%, South Africa is doing better with a mortality rate of just 2% with the Western Cape accounting for 77% of all deaths.

DATA

• Total number of tests conducted 891,668

• Total number of confirmed cases 45,973

• Total number of recoveries 24,258

• Total number of new cases 2539

• Total number of deaths 952

Compiled by Abiodun Abidoye