13 more Covid-19 patients have succumbed to the deadly disease, shooting the number of fatalities to 116.
This was announced by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Friday night.
Mkhize also said the infection cases have also ballooned to 5 951.
He also said the recoveries had risen to 2 382 and 217 522 tests having been conducted across the country.
Those who died were from Gauteng, the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
“As we have undertaken to only report fully verify deaths, we would like to indicate that there has been a delay in assessing and verifying some of those reports,” said Mkhize. The Western Cape remains the hardest hit province with 2 507 cases and 641 recoveries followed by Gauteng with 1 507 cases and 948 recoveries and KwaZulu-Natal with 1 006 cases and 372 recoveries.
The remaining provincial breakdown is as follows:
Eastern Cape: 691 cases and 254 recoveries.
Free State: 118 cases and 95 recoveries.
Limpopo: 34 cases and 25 recoveries.
Mpumalanga: 35 cases and 18 recoveries.
North West: 35 cases and 16 recoveries.
Northern Cape: 18 cases and 13 recoveries.
