COVID-19 south africa

A City of Tshwane Health official looks on as she conducts a screening exercise on a taxi operator before testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Bloed Street Mall in Pretoria Central Business District, on 11 June 2020. Photo: AFP/Phill Magakoe

COVID-19: SA caseload nears 100 000 confirmed cases, up 4 621 in 24 hours

The number of cumulative COVID-19 cases in South Africa now stands at 97 302, along with 1 930 deaths and 51 608 recoveries.

COVID-19 south africa

A City of Tshwane Health official looks on as she conducts a screening exercise on a taxi operator before testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Bloed Street Mall in Pretoria Central Business District, on 11 June 2020. Photo: AFP/Phill Magakoe

The Department of Health confirmed on Sunday 21 June that South Africa’s cumulative COVID-19 caseload increased by 4 621 within the last 24 hours.

Here are some key takeaways:

COVID-19 update: Sunday 21 June 2020

Minister Mkhize confirmed in a statement that the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus in South Africa reached 97 302, which is an increase 4 621 new cases since Saturday, 20 June 2020.

The statement also verified that 51 608 South Africans have recovered from COVID-19 (an increase of 1 282 during the past 24 hours). At the time of publishing, 40 478 patients are currently infected, of which 208 are critical.

Unfortunately, a further 53 deaths were also reported: 8 from Gauteng, 1 from KZN, 27 from Western Cape and 17 from the Eastern Cape. This brings the total deaths to 1 930. The breakdown per province can be found below.

Breakdown of new confirmed COVID-19 cases

New cases, deaths and recoveries by province

The confirmed COVID-19 cases per province is as follows:

ProvinceTotal CasesDeathsRecoveries
Gauteng20 8221224 673
Western Cape51 4411 41935 559
KwaZulu Natal5 030842 594
Free State7339264
Eastern Cape15 7512857 738
Limpopo5644246
Mpumalanga5731176
North West2 1485248
Northern Cape2371110
Unallocated300

Tests and screening

As of today, a total of 1 328 060 tests have been conducted, of which 34 452 were done in the last 24 hours. The total number of tests conducted in the private sector stands at 654 410, of which 18 698 were done in the last 24 hours.

In addition, 673 650 tests were conducted in the public sector, with 15 754 being done within the last 24 hours.

Global COVID-19 news

As of Saturday afternoon, 21 June 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across all of the African continent reached 286 141.

According to the CDC, five countries account for 63% of the new COVID-19 cases reported over the past week:

  • South Africa with 34%
  • Egypt with 16%
  • Nigeria with 6%
  • Ghana with 4%
  • Cameroon with 3%

“Earlier this week, the Africa CDC revealed that some 43 African countries are under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. In addition to the 43 countries under full border closure, night-time curfew has been activated across 35 countries in an effort to halt the spread of the infectious virus.”

At the time of publishing, confirmed cases globally near the 9 million-mark — currently 899 476 to be exact. The global death toll now stands at 468 514, along with 4 784 310 recoveries.

There are 3 741 652 active cases, of which 54 731 are critical.