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
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Total number of tests conducted 891,668
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Total number of confirmed cases 45,973
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Total number of recoveries 24,258
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Total number of new cases 2539
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Total number of deaths 952
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