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207 deaths so far for Ugu District
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Ugu District has 11 479 confirmed Covid-19 cases with 207 deaths as of Sunday, January 3.
The rate of recovery is 6137.
As of Tuesday, January 5, the sacoronavirus.co.za website reports a cumulative total of 1 113 349 Covid-19 cases identified with 12 601 new cases since the last report, representing a 33,7 percent positivity rate.
| Province | Total cases for 04 January 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 174176 | 15,6 |
| Free State | 63740 | 5,7 |
| Gauteng | 301212 | 27,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 217432 | 19,5 |
| Limpopo | 28333 | 2,5 |
| Mpumalanga | 39045 | 3,5 |
| North West | 41735 | 3,7 |
| Northern Cape | 26019 | 2,3 |
| Western Cape | 221657 | 19,9 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0,0 |
| Total | 1113349 | 100,00 |
A cumulative total of 6 780 272 tests have been conducted with 37 419 tests conducted since the last report.
Deaths, Recoveries and Active Cases
Regrettably, a further 434 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 133 , Free State 2, Gauteng 36, Kwa-Zulu Natal 71, Limpopo 7, North West 25, Northern Cape 3 and Western Cape 157.
This means we have breached the 30 000 mark for the cumulative number of Covid-19 related deaths identified, at 30 011.
Recoveries now stand at 911 573 at a recovery rate of 81,9 percent.
| Province | Total Deaths | Total
Recoveries |
Active Cases |
| Eastern Cape | 7 716 | 161 376 | 5 084 |
| Free State | 2 189 | 55 214 | 6 337 |
| Gauteng | 5 763 | 264 261 | 31 188 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 4 713 | 145 819 | 66 900 |
| Limpopo | 622 | 22 035 | 5 676 |
| Mpumalanga | 656 | 34 338 | 4 051 |
| North West | 602 | 35 429 | 5 704 |
| Northern Cape | 398 | 23 139 | 2 482 |
| Western Cape | 7 352 | 169 962 | 44 343 |
| Total | 30 011 | 911 573 | 171 765 |
Information taken from: www.nicd.ac.za
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