Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said in a statement that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified on South Africa is 1 337 926 with a total of 12 267 new cases identified since the last report.
The cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 7 613 470 with 54 696 new tests conducted since the last report.
Mkhize said a further 254 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 22, Free State 13, Gauteng 59 , Kwa-Zulu Natal 40, Mpumalanga 16, North West 26, Northern Cape 6 and Western Cape 72.
This brings the total to 37 105 deaths.
The minister added that the recoveries now stand at 1 098 441 representing a recovery rate of 82,1%.
Meanwhile Covid-19 has claimed the life of the Catholic Church’s archbishop coadjutor of the archdiocese of Durban, Abel Gabuza.
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, made the announcement on Sunday.
Gabuza died at Hillcrest Hospital on Sunday morning after a week in ICU battling Covid-19.
“The archbishop had not been with us in Durban long — just short of two years — but in that time we came to recognise him as a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor.
“Through his gentleness, caring and warmth he made an immediate impact on everyone who was privileged to make his acquaintance. That’s an added reason why his passing is such a tremendous loss to us and to the entire church in Southern Africa,” Napier said in a statement.
He thanked the doctor who treated him and the staff at the hospital for all that they did to care for Gabuza.
Napier extended the Catholic Church’s heartfelt condolences to Gabuza’s sister, Hildegarde, to his cousin and best friend, Khomotso, and extended family as well as the archbishop and people of Pretoria, his home city and home diocese.
Compiled by Lehlohonolo Lehana.