South Africa
#CoronavirusSA: 5 074 new #Covid19 cases─── 06:44 Mon, 07 Jun 2021
Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman
The Health Ministry says another 5 074 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the latest testing period – taking the overall number of cases to 1 696 564.
It’s the fourth day in a row that the number of cases has topped 5 000. Another 45 people have died from Covid-19. The death toll stands at 56 974.
The department says, “Eastern Cape 0, Free State 16, Gauteng 7, KwaZulu-Natal 1, Limpopo 0, Mpumalanga 0, North West 0, Northern Cape 15 and Western Cape 6.”
The recovery rate is at 93%.
The cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 11 876 594 with 35 821 new tests recorded since the last report.
