Fifty-seven more COVID-19 patients have lost their lives to the disease as South Africa recorded its highest number of new infection cases on Sunday, June 14.
The new deaths have shot the national total number of fatalities from 1423 to 1,480.
Of the 57 new deaths, 42 were recorded in the Western Cape, 10 from the Eastern Cape and five from KwaZulu-Natal.
This was announced by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize.
Mkhize also said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has increased by 4 302, the highest since the outbreak of the disease which is caused by the novel coronavirus in March. This has ballooned the infection cases from 65736 to 70,038.
