In a statement on Monday afternoon, the health ministry said there were now 34,357 cases of the respiratory illness.
There were also an additional 22 deaths recorded in the last 24-hour cycle - all of them in the Western Cape.
This means that there are now 705 fatalities from Covid-19 in SA - of them, 525 have been in the Western Cape.
The figures are based on a total of 725,125 tests, of which 23,242 were conducted in the latest reporting cycle.
The provincial breakdown of cases, deaths and recoveries was on Monday provided as:
- Western Cape — 22,567 cases, 525 deaths, 11,431 recoveries;
- Gauteng — 4,231 cases, 33 deaths, 2,060 recoveries;
- Eastern Cape — 4,111 cases, 82 deaths, 2,123 recoveries;
- KwaZulu-Natal — 2,565 cases, 52 deaths, 1,248 recoveries;
- Free State — 285 cases, 8 deaths, 123 recoveries;
- Limpopo — 192 cases, 3 deaths, 144 recoveries;
- North West — 187 cases, 1 death, 45 recoveries;
- Mpumalanga — 131 cases, 0 deaths, 86 recoveries;
- Northern Cape — 82 cases, 1 death, 31 recoveries; and
- Unallocated — 6 cases.
Covid-19: SA death toll passes 700, cases increase to more than 34,000
Image: 123RF/Jarun Ontakrai
An additional 1,674 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in SA in the last 24 hours.
In a statement on Monday afternoon, the health ministry said there were now 34,357 cases of the respiratory illness.
There were also an additional 22 deaths recorded in the last 24-hour cycle - all of them in the Western Cape.
This means that there are now 705 fatalities from Covid-19 in SA - of them, 525 have been in the Western Cape.
The figures are based on a total of 725,125 tests, of which 23,242 were conducted in the latest reporting cycle.
The provincial breakdown of cases, deaths and recoveries was on Monday provided as:
Western Cape Covid-19 infections head towards 20,000, deaths at 472
Five health-care workers test positive for Covid-19 at Durban's King Edward VIII hospital
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