SA’s Covid-19 death toll climbs past 200, as North West records first death

Of the new confirmed infections, 453 (nearly 53%) were from the Western Cape. The Eastern Cape recorded the second highest number of new infections, with 138 cases, , followed by Gauteng and KZN, both with 19 new cases.

The North West had five new infections, and the Northern Cape had one.

Limpopo and the Free State, which have relatively low infection numbers, had no new cases recorded.

But just as the number of infections are on the rise, so are the number of people being screened and tested. Between Sunday and Monday, 14,731 new tests had been done.

There were 4,357 recoveries recorded by Monday, the ministry said.

The provincial breakdown of cases on Sunday was provided as:

• Eastern Cape — 1,356;
• Western Cape — 5,621;
• Gauteng — 1,971;
• KwaZulu-Natal — 1,372;
• Free State — 135;
• Mpumalanga — 63;
• Limpopo — 54;
• North West — 50; and
• Northern Cape — 30.

The provincial breakdown of deaths was provided as:

• Western Cape — 106 deaths;
• KwaZulu-Natal — 44 deaths;
• Eastern Cape — 24 deaths;
• Gauteng — 22 deaths;
• Free State — 6 deaths;
• Limpopo — 3 deaths;
• North West — 1 death;
• Mpumalanga — 0 deaths; and
• Northern Cape — 0 deaths.