South Africa recorded a total of 639 569 (90 per cent) recoveries in its Covid-19 statistics released on October 20.
A further 163 Covid-19 related deaths were reported bringing the total number of deaths to 18 656.
An additional 15 366 tests were conducted bringing the total number of tests to 4 581 346.
Also read: Gauteng’s Covid-19 active cases stand at 16 473
1 050 new cases were reported bringing the cumulative total to 706 304.
Gauteng remains the hot spot with 32 per cent of cases followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 17.2 per cent.
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 20 October.
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