Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, on Monday 7 September, announced that the confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have risen to 639 362. This is an increase of 845, as the total number of confirmed cases stood at 638 517 on Sunday 6 September.
Mkhize announced an updated death toll of 15 004. This is an increase of 115 as it stood at 14 889 on Sunday 6 September.
“Regrettable, we report 115 more COVID-19-related deaths; 25 from KwaZulu-Natal, five from Gauteng, 12 from the Eastern Cape, seven from the Free state, 10 from the North West, 13 from the Western Cape and 43 from Limpopo”
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
A total of 3 808 949 tests have been conducted to date with 8 759 new tests reported. There have been 566 555 recoveries thus far, translating to a recovery rate of 88.6%.
LATEST COVID-19 CASES BY PROVINCE AS OF MONDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
The following confirmed COVID-19 cases have been detected in each province as of Monday:
- Eastern Cape – 86 868 cases
- Free State – 39 986 cases;
- Gauteng – 21 3087 cases;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 114 904 cases;
- Limpopo – 137 69 cases;
- Mpumalanga – 25 125 cases;
- North West – 26 294 cases;
- Northern Cape – 12 085 cases; and
- Western Cape – 107 244 cases
- Unknown – 0 cases.
This comes to a total of 639 362 confirmed cases.
COVID-19 DEATH TOLL BY PROVINCE AS OF MONDAY
The following confirmed COVID-19-related deaths have been detected in each province as of Monday:
- Eastern Cape – 2 998 deaths;
- Free State – 792 deaths;
- Gauteng – 3 818 deaths;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 2 319 deaths;
- Limpopo – 257 deaths;
- Mpumalanga – 416 deaths;
- North West – 285 deaths;
- Northern Cape – 145 deaths;
- Western Cape – 3 974 deaths.
LATEST RECOVERIES BY PROVINCE
Mkhize announced the latest COVID-19 recoveries as follows:
- Eastern Cape – 82 842 recoveries;
- Free State – 27 129 recoveries;
- Gauteng – 187 987 recoveries;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 102 318 recoveries;
- Limpopo – 12 874 recoveries;
- Mpumalanga – 23 766 recoveries;
- North West – 21 530 recoveries;
- Northern Cape – 8 933 recoveries; and
- Western Cape – 99 176 recoveries.
COVID-19 ACTIVE CASES
- Eastern Cape – 1 028 active cases;
- Free State – 120 65 active cases;
- Gauteng – 21 282 active cases;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 10 267 active cases;
- Limpopo – 638 active cases;
- Mpumalanga – 943 active cases;
- North West – 4 479 active cases;
- Northern Cape – 3 007 active cases; and
- Western Cape – 4 094 active cases.
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