Monday, 24 August , 2020
Pretoria: As of today, a cumulative total of 611 450 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been recorded with 1 677 new cases identified.
Provincial Case Data
| Province | Total cases for 24 Aug 2020 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 85 240 | 14,0 |
| Free State | 35 367 | 5,7 |
| Gauteng | 206 525 | 33,8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 110 102 | 18,0 |
| Limpopo | 12 643 | 2,1 |
| Mpumalanga | 23 163 | 3,8 |
| North West | 24 371 | 4,0 |
| Northern Cape | 9 322 | 1,5 |
| Western Cape | 104 667 | 17,2 |
| Unknown | 50 | 0,0 |
| Total | 611 450 | 100,0 |
Testing Data
The total number of tests conducted to date is 3 564 065 with 10 640 new tests conducted since the last report.
Reported Deaths and Recoveries
Regrettably, 100 new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: 11 from Eastern Cape, 12 from Gauteng, 14 from KwaZulu Natal, 36 from Mpumalanga, 8 from Limpopo and 19 from Western Cape. This brings the cumulative number of deaths to 13 159.
The number of recoveries currently stands at 516 494 which translates to a recovery rate of 83%.
The provincial deaths and recoveries breakdown is as follows:
| Province | Deaths | Recoveries | |
| Eastern Cape | 2800 | 80 614 | |
| Free State | 567 | 20 678 | |
| Gauteng | 3280 | 174 248 | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1962 | 92 342 | |
| Limpopo | 179 | 10 661 | |
| Mpumalanga | 296 | 21 049 | |
| North West | 224 | 17 008 | |
| Northern Cape | 106 | 6 106 | |
| Western Cape | 3745 | 93 788 | |
| Total | 13 159 | 516 494 |
