The Covid-19 death toll has hit 1 354 after 70 more people were confirmed dead.

The number of cases has hit 61 927.

The Western Cape remains the country’s epicentre, with about 62% of the total cases.

There have been 35 008 recoveries.

1 060 425 test have been done so far in South Africa with 32 026 done in the last 24 hours.

As this is a developing story we still await more figures to be released.

As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 61 927, the total number of deaths is 1354 and the recoveries to date are 35 008. pic.twitter.com/Iy0WWawGtQ

— Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) June 12, 2020

While in other news

Diabetes is the leading risk factor for Covid-19 deaths

People with diabetes are more likely to die from Covid-19 than any other high-risk group while those with HIV appear to be at less risk, the latest Covid-19 mortality data from the Western Cape has revealed.

The provincial health department said that, based on current data, it estimates that out of every 100 people within the public health-care sector who died from Covid-19, 52 had diabetes, followed by 19 with hypertension and 12 with HIV.

The department said on Friday that in the absence of data on important risk factors such as body mass index (BMI), most deaths could be attributed to the three leading comorbidities. Read more….