39 people have succumbed to the coronavirus with six of these fatalities having occurred in the last day or two.
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases reported that 1,558 new COVID-19 cases had been identified in the last 24-hour period, pushing the total number of confirmed cases to over 3,702,000.
The institute said Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal were the three provinces that accounted for most of the latest count. At the same time, the Health Department has reported that our recovery rate is at 96.9%, which meant more than 3,587,000 people had recuperated from the virus.As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in SA is 3 702 042 with 1 558 new cases reported. Today 38 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 99 868 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 3 587 145 with a recovery rate of 96.9% pic.twitter.
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