Eight more COVID-19 patients have succumbed to the disease, increasing the death toll from 153 to 161.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 infection has skyrocketed by 424, bring the total number from 7808 to 8232.
The new figures were based on 12,774 tests.
Six of the new deaths were in the Western Cape and two in KwaZulu-Natal.
This was announced by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Thursday night at a briefing where Ithuba Holdings was handing over 100,000 reusable face masks.
At the briefing, Police Minister Bheki Cele said that 205 SAPS members had contracted Covid-19.
“174 of them are from the Western Cape and the rest from the rest of the country. We are not immune to the challenges that are there,” he said.
The provincial breakdown of cases on Thursday was provided as:
- Western Cape – 3,994;
- Gauteng – 1,804;
- KZN – 1,204;
- Eastern Cape – 929;
- Free State – 134;
- Mpumalanga – 59;
- Limpopo – 41;
- North West 40- ; and
- Northern Cape – 27.
The number of deaths and recoveries were recorded as:
- Western Cape – 79 deaths, 1,122 recoveries;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 40 deaths, 420 recoveries;
- Eastern Cape – 18 deaths, 388 recoveries;
- Gauteng – 15 deaths, 1,036 recoveries;
- Free State – 6 deaths, 102 recoveries;
- Limpopo – 3 deaths, 27 recoveries;
- Mpumalanga – 0 deaths, 22 recoveries;
- North West – 0 deaths, 20 recoveries; and
- Northern Cape – 0 deaths, 16 recoveries
