Image: Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize visits the Covid -19 field hospital at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on June 01, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that his visit was part of a nationwide tour to assess the state of readiness of Provinces to cope with the expected rise in Covid-19 infections. (Photo by Gallo Images/ Jeffrey Abrahams)
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, on Thursday 9 July, announced that the confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have risen to 238 339. This is a whopping increase of 13 674, as the total number of confirmed cases stood at 224 665 on Wednesday 8 July.
As cases continue to rise rapidly, a milestone is testing was reached on Thursday. The total number of tests conducted to date is now 2 000 569 and a total of 56 170 new tests were completed since the last report.
“We have thus reached a milestone of having completed over two million tests for COVID-19. I would like to pay special tribute to the men and women in the laboratory services who have made this possible. This is an enormous achievement that we can all be proud of as South Africans,” said Mkhize.
Mkhize announced an updated death toll of 3 720.
“Regrettably, we report a further 129 COVID-19 related deaths – one from the Northern Cape, 26 from KwaZulu-Natal, 28 from Eastern Cape, 37 from Gauteng and 37 from the Western Cape. We also indicate that the current total deaths in Limpopo is 33 (not 44 as reported yesterday). This was a data interpretation error which has been corrected,” said Mkhize.
There have been 113 061 recoveries which translates to a recovery rate of 47.4%.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 238 339, the total number of deaths is 3 720 and total number of recoveries is 113 061. We have also reached a milestone of having completed over two million tests for Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/pkgZ7FAqQB
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) July 9, 2020
LATEST COVID-19 CASES BY PROVINCE AS OF THURSDAY 9 JULY
The following confirmed COVID-19 cases have been detected in each province as of Thursday:
- Eastern Cape – 44 432 cases
- Free State – 3 724 cases;
- Gauteng – 81 546 cases;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 19 630 cases;
- Limpopo – 2 381 cases;
- Mpumalanga – 2 902 cases;
- North West – 7 870 cases;
- Northern Cape – 1 039 cases; and
- Western Cape – 74 815 cases
- Unknown – 0 cases.
This comes to a total of 238 339 confirmed cases.
COVID-19 DEATH TOLL BY PROVINCE AS OF THURSDAY
The following confirmed COVID-19-related deaths have been detected in each province as of Thursday:
- Eastern Cape – 610 deaths;
- Free State – 19 deaths;
- Gauteng – 515 deaths;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 249 deaths;
- Limpopo – 33 deaths;
- Mpumalanga – 22 deaths;
- North West – 36 deaths;
- Northern Cape – seven deaths;
- Western Cape – 2 229 deaths.
LATEST RECOVERIES BY PROVINCE
Mkhize announced the latest COVID-19 recoveries as follows:
- Eastern Cape – 24 304 recoveries;
- Free State – 629 recoveries;
- Gauteng – 23 804 recoveries;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 5 505 recoveries;
- Limpopo – 665 recoveries;
- Mpumalanga – 779 recoveries;
- North West – 1 574 recoveries;
- Northern Cape – 267 recoveries; and
- Western Cape – 55 534 recoveries.
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