Gauteng, which has recorded 228 756 cases to date, accounts for 31,5% of the country’s cases.

KwaZulu-Natal is in second place with 123 124 cases - 17% of the national case load.

The Western Cape, which for months in the early part of the national lockdown maintained the highest number of infections, now accounts for 16.2% of the national total with 117 326 confirmed cases.

Data for October 31, 2020, supplied by the national Department of Health:

According to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, another 46 Covid-19-related deaths were recorded since Friday. Of these;

• 35 were from the Eastern Cape
• 2 from Gauteng
• 2 from the Free State
• 3 from KwaZulu-Natal
• and 4 from other provinces

This brings the total number of Covid-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic to 19 276.

The number of recoveries now stand at 654 182, which translates to a recovery rate of 90%.

Testing data

The cumulative number of tests conducted to date is 4 822 973 with 22 150 new tests conducted since Friday’s report.

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