The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in SA has increased to 1,170.
Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu said on Friday evening that health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize had asked him to relay the figure.
Earlier on Friday it was announced that two people had died as a result of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.deaths was confirmed to be linked to Covid-19. The second case, he said, was linked to Covid-19 but had not yet been confirmed.
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