Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 726 823.
This is an increase of 1 371 new cases identified in the last 24 hours.
The cumulative number of tests conducted to date is 4 842 516 with 19 543 new tests conducted since the last report.
A further 135 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded: 22 from Eastern Cape, 2 from the Free State, 107 from Gauteng, and 4 from Western Cape.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 19 411. Of the 135 deaths reported today, 8 were reported to have occurred in the past 24-48 hours: 1 in the Eastern Cape, 1 in the Free State, 3 from Gauteng, and 3 in Western Cape,said Mkhize.
Mkhize added that South Africa’s recoveries now stand at 655 330 which translates to a recovery rate of 90%.
Meanwhile Australia has recorded no new daily coronavirus community infections on Sunday for the first time in nearly five months, paving the way for further easing of social distancing restrictions.
The state of Victoria, a coronavirus hotspot that accounts for more than 90 percent of Australia’s 907 coronavirus-related deaths, saw zero new daily infections and no deaths for the second consecutive day.
With no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the rest of the country, Australia saw its first day of no transmissions since June 9, Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
“Thank you to all of our amazing health & public health workers & above all else the Australian people,”Hunt said on Twitter.
Queensland voters gave the incumbent Labor Party a third term on Saturday, showing support for keeping the state’s internal borders closed – which has put the local authorities at odds with the federal government.
Compiled by Lehlohonolo Lehana.