Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize briefs media about South Africa's plans to fight the coronavirus before it reaches our shores, at the Southern Sun OR Tambo in Kempton Park, 1 March 2020. Picture: Neil McCartney
The latest Covid-19 statistics released by Minister Zweli Mkhize show an increase in positive cases of 2,312.
There have also been a further 46 deaths since Saturday, bringing the total deaths just shy of 1,000 at 998.
45 of the latest Covid-19 related deaths have been in the Western cape, while Mpumalanga also registered its first Covid-19 related death.
920,064 tests have been conducted cumulatively, an increase of 28,395 since the last report.
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