SA’s COVID-19 death toll increases to 4 172 

As of today, a cumulative total of 287 796 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been reported.

The total number of tests conducted to date is 2 194 624 with 40 233 new tests conducted since the last report.

A further 93 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported – 6 from KwaZulu-Natal, 11 from Mpumalanga, 16 from the Free State, 37 from Western Cape and 23 from Eastern Cape.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 4 172.

The number of recoveries is 138 241, which translates to a recovery rate of 48%.