Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Pretoria: As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 17 200.

Provincial Case Data:

Province	Total cases for 19 May 2020	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	2135	12,4
Free State	168	1,0
Gauteng	2361	13,7
KwaZulu-Natal	1616	9,4
Limpopo	94	0,5
Mpumalanga	78	0,5
North West	72	0,4
Northern Cape	37	0,2
Western Cape	10639	61,9
Unknown	0	0,0
Total	17200	100,0

Testing Data

488 609 have been conducted with 13 538 done in the last 24 hour cycle.

Reported Deaths and Recoveries

Regrettably, further 26 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported and this brings the total national deaths to 312.

Sadly, Northern Cape has reported its first death.

The total number of recoveries to date is 7960.

Provincial Deaths and Recoveries Breakdown:

Province	Deaths	Recoveries
Eastern Cape	41	839
Free State	6	118
Gauteng	27	1671
KwaZulu Natal	46	818
Limpopo	3	39
Mpumalanga	0	57
North West	1	28
Northern Cape	1	27
Western Cape	187	4363
Total	312	7960

Gender and Age Distribution of Deaths:

Distribution of Deaths by Gender:

Male (%)	Female (%)	Total
172 (55.5%)	140 (44.5%)	312

Distribution of Deaths by Age:

Age	Deaths	Percentage (%)
0-9	0
10-19	0
20-29	1	0,3
30-39	18	5,8
40-49	42	13,4
50-59	68	21,8
60-69	84	26,9
70-79	62	19,9
80-89	29	9,3
90-99	8	2,6
Total	312	100