Friday, 20 November 2020

Pretoria: South reported that that the new COVID-19 positive cases identified in the past 24 hours are 3 105.

This gives a cumulative total of COVD-19 cases in South Africa to be 762 763.

“ We wish to highlight that we have breached the 3000 mark for daily new cases. Of these new cases, more than half (54,4%) are from the Eastern Cape. We are also concerned that the positivity is at 12%, which is higher than what is ideal, i.e. 10% or less.” said Minister of Health; Dr Zweli Mkize.

Provincial cases data:

Province	Total cases for 20 November 2020	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	114830	15,1
Free State	58667	7,7
Gauteng	232653	30,5
KwaZulu-Natal	125721	16,5
Limpopo	18347	2,4
Mpumalanga	30971	4,1
North West	34527	4,5
Northern Cape	22905	3,0
Western Cape	124142	16,3
Unknown	0	0,0
Total	762763	100,0

Tests conducted:

The cumulative number of tests conducted to date is 5 243 055 with 29 019 new tests conducted since the last report

Total Deaths and Recoveries:

Regrettably, 88 more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 67, Free State 15, Gauteng 2, Kwa-Zulu Natal 1 and Western Cape 3.

This brings the total to 20 759 deaths. The Health Department has noted that the number of new deaths being reported daily in the Eastern Cape is rising as well.

Recoveries now stand at 707 040 which translates to a recovery rate of 92,7%.