SOUTH AFRICA RECORDS 1 160 NEW CASES IN 24 HOURS

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South Africa’s COVID-19 cases now stand at 15 515 with 1 160 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours.

In making the announcement, the Minister of health Dr Zweli Mkhize said, he remained concerned about the developments in the Western Cape. The Province’s cases now account for almost 60% of the national total. Furthermore, the Western Cape also made up 76% of new cases from the past 24 hour testing cycle.

264 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded thus far. Commenting on the deaths, Dr Mkhize said the highest number of deaths were of people between the ages of 50 to 79 years

Cases per Province

PROVINCE NEW CASES TOTAL CASES %   TOTAL
Eastern Cape 124 1 936 12,5
Free State 5 158 1,0
Gauteng 67 2 329 15,0
Kwazulu Natal 45 1 543 9,9
Limpopo 18 77 0,5
Mpumalanga 3 71 0,5
North West 6 70 0,5
Northern Cape 2 37 0,2
Western Cape 890 9 294 59,9
Total 1160 15515 100,0

 

Deaths & Recoveries per Province

PROVINCE DEATHS RECOVERIES
Eastern Cape 35 839
Free State 6 108
Gauteng 25 1 583
KwaZulu Natal 45 817
Limpopo 3 37
Mpumalanga 0 49
North West 1 28
Northern Cape 0 24
Western Cape 149 3 521
Total 264 7 006

 

Deaths by Gender

Male (%) Female (%) Total
148 (56%) 116 (44%) 264

 

Deaths by Age

AGE DEATHS PERCENTAGE
0-9 0 0
10-19 0 0
20-29 1 0.4
30-39 15 5.7
40-49 34 12.9
50-59 55 20,8
60-69 66 25
70-79 58 22
80-89 27 10.2
90-99 8 3
Total 264 100

 

Source: sacoronavirus.co.za

** If you think you have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus, 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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