The COVID-19 deaths figure in SA has increased from 147 to 152 after five more patients succumbed to the disease on Wednesday.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said of the five new deaths, two were registered in the Western Cape, two in KwaZulu-Natal, and one in Limpopo.
He said the infection cases have also increased by 236, taking the infection number from 7572 to 7808.
The Western Cape remained the country’s epicentre, both in terms of deaths and number of cases.
The number of recoveries was 3,153 – with the Western Cape and Gauteng both passing 1,000 recoveries. The provincial breakdown of cases on Wednesday was provided as:
- Western Cape – 3,760;
- Gauteng – 1,720;
- KZN – 1,189;
- Eastern Cape – 849;
- Free State – 130;
- Mpumalanga – 57;
- Limpopo – 40;
- North West – 37; and
- Northern Cape – 26.
The number of deaths and recoveries were recorded as:
- Western Cape – 73 deaths, 1,122 recoveries;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 38 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,
