The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has recorded 171 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases at their centres to 3 083.
98 of the new cases are of officials while 73 are those of inmates.
1 721 of the total confirmed cases are officials while 13 62 are of inmates.
DCS says active cases are standing at 1 162.
36 people have died from the virus while 1 885 have recovered.
Below are the full COVID-19 statistics in SA Correctional Centres.
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