NW province records first Covid-19 death as case total reaches 10,652

The total number of deaths in South Africa due to Covid-19 is 206, as of Monday.

This is 12 more fatalities on Sunday’s figures, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement.

The deaths occurred in Western Cape (8), Eastern Cape (2), KwaZulu-Natal (1) and North West one – the first death in the province.

There are 637 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, with the total number of confirmed cases at 10,652.

A total of 4,357 patients have recovered.

Case data:

*Take note, the percentage total for KwaZulu-Natal is 12.9%, not 112.9%.

Testing Data:

A total of 356,067 Covid-19 tests has been conducted, of which 14,731 are new tests since Sunday’s report.

(Compiled by Carina Koen.)

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