Another 844 people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus - pushing the national death toll to 31,368.

This has pushed the country’s known caseload since the start of the pandemic to 1,149,591, with Gauteng accounting for the highest concentration of infections at 310,201 cases.

The recovery rate has dropped to 80% with 929,239 people having recuperated so far.

On Wednesday a national coronavirus command council meeting was held at which members of the joint operations centre reported to the president.

EWN