Thirty-six of the fatalities were from the Western Cape, 24 from Gauteng and nine from the Eastern Cape
The country’s confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 65,736 on Saturday evening, with 69 new Covid-19 related deaths.
This brought to 1,423 the total number of deaths as a result of the disease, with a mortality rate of 2.2%, the department of health said in a statement.Of the 1,423 new cases, 1,071 were in the Western Cape, followed by the Eastern Cape with 217 new cases. Gauteng now has 81 fatalities and 3,075 recoveries with a total of 9,897 cases, equating to 15% of the national total.The department said 1,087,887 tests have been conducted cumulatively since testing for Covid-19 began earlier this year.
The department said the recoveries to date are 35,850. It said this translated to a recovery rate of 56%.
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