South Africa ’s Covid-19 death toll has increased from 131 to 138 after seven more people succumbed to the killer disease .
This was announced by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Monday night.
Mkhize also said the infection number has also increased by 437 , taking the total figure of confirmed cases from 6783 to 7,220.
He said six of the seven deaths were recorded in the Western Cape, and one in KwaZulu-Natal.
He also said 2,746 have recovered from the disease, which is caused by coronavirus.
Mkhize further said 11,794 tests were done in the last 24 hours., taking the total number of tests conducted nationally to 257,541.
On Monday, the provincial breakdown of confirmed cases was as follows:
Western Cape – 3,362;
Gauteng – 1,661;
KZN – 1,106;
Eastern Cape – 814;
Free State – 125;
Limpopo – 39;
Mpumalanga – 53;
North West – 35; and
Northern Cape – 25.
The number of deaths and recoveries were recorded as follows:
Western Cape – 64 deaths, 833 recoveries;
KwaZulu- Natal – 35 deaths, 415 recoveries;
Eastern Cape – 17 deaths, 341 recoveries;
Gauteng – 14 deaths, 979 recoveries;
Free State – 6 deaths, 96 recoveries;
Limpopo – 2 deaths, 27 recoveries;
Mpumalanga – 0 deaths, 22 recoveries;
North West – 0 deaths, 20 recoveries; and
Northern Cape – 0 deaths, 13 recoveries.
