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South Africa records fewer than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases for first time in two weeks

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Published on: June 16, 2023

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FILE PHOTO: A health worker checks a man’s temperature during a door-to-door testing in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Umlazi township near Durban, South Africa, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo

South Africa recorded less than 10,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time in two weeks.

According to figures released by the health ministry on Monday night, there were 9,304 cases recorded since Monday night bringing the total number of cases in the country to 373,628.

140 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours raising the death toll to 5,173.

Most cases were in Gauteng (136,879), followed by the Western Cape (85,772), the Eastern Cape (65,316) and KwaZulu-Natal (45,614).

The ministry also reported that the country was nearing 200,000 recoveries with an increase of 3,806 recorded recoveries raising the tally to 194,865.

The figures were based on 2,505,646 total tests, of which 33,899 were recorded in the past 24-hour cycle.

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