South Africa marked another sombre Covid-19 milestone on Monday night, as cases passed the 200,000 mark.
The last time fewer than 5,000 cases were reported in a 24-hour period was on, when 5,688 infections were announced. The last time fewer than 2,000 new cases were reported over a 24-hour period was on June 3, and the last time fewer than 1,000 cases were reported was on May 26.
In releasing these figures on Monday, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize also confirmed there were 111 additional Covid-19 related deaths recorded since Sunday's statistical release.The most recent fatalities were recorded in Gauteng , Western Cape , Limpopo and Eastern Cape . Of the new infections, the majority were in Gauteng, which is soon expected to overtake the Western Cape as the virus epicentre in SA. Currently, Gauteng has 66,891 total cases , and the Western Cape 70,938 .
In terms of fatalities, the most deaths have been recorded in the Western Cape , followed by the Eastern Cape , Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal .The data is from a total of 1,864,111 overall cases, of which 33,950 were done in the past 24 hours.
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