SA’s Covid-9 death toll climbed to 952 on Saturday, an increase of 44 deaths in the past 24-hour cycle.
The number of confirmed cases also climbed, with 45,973 recorded on Saturday. This was an increase of 2,539 cases in the past 24 hours.
The health ministry announced the latest figures in a statement on Saturday.
This means there have been 11,616 new cases of the respiratory illness since Monday, June 1, when the country moved to level 3 of the lockdown. There have also been 247 deaths since Monday.
A total of 850 871 tests have been conducted to date with 30 196 tests done in the last 24 hours. There have been 24 258 recoveries which translates to a recovery rate of 52.8%.
The number of cases was provided as:
The Western Cape is still the COVID-19 epicentre with the most positive cases in the country.
#COVID19SouthAfrica Statistics as at 06 June 2020. pic.twitter.com/3RYyNl1Vz8
— Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) June 6, 2020
As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 45 973, the total number of deaths is 952 and the total recoveries is 24 258 pic.twitter.com/T62CJfeZzM
— Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) June 6, 2020
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize, on Saturday 6 June, received 20 ventilators and handed them over to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg.
The ventilators, used in South Africa’s fight against the COVID-19, form part of the first batch of 50 donated by the United States of America through USAID. The US has pledged 1 000 ventilators in total, valued at about R500 000 each.
“We have already decided to take a portion of this first batch [of ventilators] and serve it to the Western Cape,” said Mkhize.
Mkhize said the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is a historic monument and a key in South Africa’s fight against the pandemic.
COVID-19 GLOBAL STATISTICS
At the time of publishing, there was 6 923 252 COVID-19 cases globally. There were 400 246 deaths and a total of 3 389 204 people had recovered.
The United States of America still has the most number of cases at 1 977 586. Over a 100 000 people have died — 111 772 to be exact. A total of 739 724 people have recovered.
Brazil came in second behind the United States with 651 980 cases. There have been 35 211 deaths and 302 084 people have recovered.
