Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Monday night that 1,985 new infections had been recorded in the past 24 hours.
Mkhize also announced that 121 Covid-19 related deaths had been recorded in the past 24 hours: one
from KwaZulu-Natal, 20 from Gauteng, 20 from the Eastern Cape, 24 from the Western Cape, eight from the North West, 16 from the Free State, 23 from Limpopo and nine from the Northern Cape.Mkhize said the country's recovery rate had increased to 86%, with a confirmed 540,923 recoveries to date. The figures are based on 3,693,721 total tests to date, of which 18,849 were done in the past 24-hour cycle.
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