South Africa has recorded 88 new coronavirus fatalities to push the death toll to 1 568.
Covid-19 mortality rate in South Africa remains at 2.1 per cent while the recovery rate has dipped below the 55 per cent mark is was on June 14.
The total number of Covid-19 recoveries in South Africa to date stands at 39 867.
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A total of 3 495 new cases were recorded by June 15.
The Western Cape as the virus epicentre for South Africa stands at 44 143 with 28 615 recoveries.
The province now accounts for 60 per cent of the national case total.
The total number of recorded cases in Gauteng stands at 12 193 with 3 348 recoveries.
The Eastern Cape has recorded a total of 10 597 coronavirus cases as well as 5 331 recoveries.
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The total number of cases in Kwa-Zulu Natal stands at 3 959 and recoveries for the province stands at 1 810.
The total number of tests conducted stands at 1 148 933.
Of these 26 975 tests were conducted in the 24 hours between June 14 and June 15.
The private sector has conducted 12 172 new tests to bring the total number of tests conducted to 556 364.
The public sector has conducted a total of 592 569 tests, 14 803 of which are new.
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