Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Pretoria:As of today, a cumulative total of 471 123 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been recorded.
After a two-day streak of cases below the 10 000 mark, South Africa’s new COVID-19 cases were at 11 362 on Wednesday.
Provincial Case Data
| Province | Total cases for 29 July 2020 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 75 872 | 16,1 |
| Free State | 19 207 | 4,1 |
| Gauteng | 168 369 | 35,7 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 71 240 | 15,1 |
| Limpopo | 7 840 | 1,7 |
| Mpumalanga | 12 442 | 2,6 |
| North West | 18 231 | 3,9 |
| Northern Cape | 4 135 | 0,9 |
| Western Cape | 93 737 | 19,9 |
| Unknown | 50 | 0,0 |
| Total | 471 123 | 100,0 |
Testing Data
The total number of tests conducted to date is 2 873 163 with 42 528 new tests conducted since the last report.
Reported Deaths and Recoveries
Regrettably, 240 new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: 34 from Eastern Cape, 156 from Gauteng, 27 from KwaZulu Natal and 23 from Western Cape. This brings the cumulative number of deaths to 7 497.
The number of recoveries currently stands at 297 967 which translates to a recovery rate of 63%.
The provincial deaths and recoveries breakdown is as follows:
| Province | Deaths | Recoveries | |
| Eastern Cape | 1579 | 62 371 | |
| Free State | 154 | 2178 | |
| Gauteng | 1836 | 105 614 | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 712 | 32 483 | |
| Limpopo | 67 | 3537 | |
| Mpumalanga | 65 | 6393 | |
| North West | 72 | 7181 | |
| Northern Cape | 29 | 1275 | |
| Western Cape | 2983 | 76 835 | |
| Total | 7497 | 297 967 |
