Of those cases, 4,526 were in the Eastern Cape - which was third behind the Western Cape (24,657) and Gauteng (4.567) in terms of the number of cases recorded.
"We note the same pattern that drove up the outbreak in Western Cape is building up in the Eastern Cape. The two provinces now consist of 78% of all positive cases," said health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize in a statement on Wednesday night.
He said"additional attention" was being directed to Eastern Cape to"ensure the province can adequately respond to limit escalation of infection".Gauteng’s cases increased by 1,400 from 3,167 on May 27 to 4,567, while KZN's cases climbed by 521 from 2,186 to 2,707 over the same period. There were 37 new Covid-19 deaths across SA, seven of which were in the Eastern Cape, 29 in the Western Cape and one in KZN. This means that there have now been 792 deaths from the respiratory illness recorded across SA.
The Western Cape saw 206 fatalities in the last week , while the Eastern Cape recorded 25 deaths , Gauteng two and KZN five over the same period.Western Cape — 24,657 cases, 597 deaths, 13,696 recoveries;Eastern Cape — 4,526 cases, 95 deaths, 2,123 recoveries;Free State — 319 cases, 8 deaths, 123 recoveries;Mpumalanga — 137 cases, 0 deaths, 86 recoveries; andThe figures were based on 785,979 tests, of which 24,445 tests were reported in the past 24-hour cycle.
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