Healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
As of Monday, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1,567,513 with 744 new cases identified, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed.
21 more Covid-19 related deaths were reported, with 10 from Eastern Cape, 2 from Free State, 1 from Gauteng, 1 from KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), 0 from Limpopo, 3 from Mpumalanga, 0 from North West, 0 from Northern Cape and 4 from Western Cape.
This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 53,757.
Recoveries now stand at 1,490,876 representing a recovery rate of 95%.
A total of 10,355,196 tests have been completed with 18,130 new tests conducted since the last report.
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