The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country as of Friday night is 29,240, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement.
A total of 1,837 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
To date, 680,174 tests have been conducted across the country.
Thirty-four more deaths attributed to Covid-19 brought the total deaths in SA to 611, Mkhize said.
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