There were 846 new cases recorded over the past 24-hour cycle, raising the cumulative number of infections to 639,362.

The total number of tests conducted to date is 3,808,949 with 8,759 new tests conducted since the last report on Sunday evening.

"Regrettably, we report 115 more Covid-19 related deaths: 25 from KwaZulu-Natal, 5 from Gauteng, 12 from Eastern Cape, 7 from Free State, 10 from North West, 13 from  Western Cape and 43 from Limpopo," said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

"This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 15,004."

Mkhize said in a series of tweets earlier in the day that while the numbers were declining, "we are not over the worst yet - we are worrying about the resurgence".

"Globally we are now at number seven. This tells us two things: the numbers are declining in SA [and] globally the numbers are still increasing."

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