139 people have died due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 124 of them from the Eastern Cape.
At the same time 4 116 others have contracted the virus nationally in the past 24 hours. The new statistics pushed total deaths to 22 206 and total cases to 814 565 since the start of the pandemic.
Provincial Breakdown – Positive Cases
| PROVINCE | CASES (AS OF 06 DECEMBER 2020) | % TOTAL |
| Eastern Cape | 136 772 | 16,8 |
| Free State | 59 351 | 7,3 |
| Gauteng | 237 719 | 29,2 |
| Kwazulu-Natal | 131 350 | 16,1 |
| Limpopo | 18 836 | 2,3 |
| Mpumalanga | 31 737 | 3,9 |
| North West | 35 093 | 4,3 |
| Northern Cape | 23 450 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 140 257 | 17,2 |
| Total | 814 565 | 100 |
Breakdown of Global Cases
| REGION | CASES (AS OF 06 DECEMBER 2020) |
| America | 28 062 331 |
| Europe | 19 985 154 |
| South-East Asia | 11 071 129 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 4 288 324 |
| Africa | 1 547 607 |
| Western Pacific | 914 744 |
| Total | 65 870 030 |
Source – World Health Organisation
Source: sacoronavirus.co.za
** If you think you have been exposed to the COVID-19, please call the government’s 24-hour hotline on 0800 029 999 or visit https://sacoronavirus.co.za/ for more information.
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