SA records 1 285 new COVID-19 cases, 30 deaths

The country has also recorded 30 new COVID-19 related fatalities on Saturday. This brings the total number of deaths to 53 256.

Gauteng has reported most deaths.

“Eastern Cape 1, Free State 5, Gauteng 11, KwaZulu-Natal 5, Limpopo 0, Mpumalanga 8, North West 0, Northern Cape 0 and Western Cape 0,” says the Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize in a statement.

The Minister has conveyed his condolences to the grieving families.

#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 10 April.

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South Africa has done 10 115 923 COVID-19 tests to date and 29 464 of the tests were completed overnight.

The country’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1 482 682, representing a recovery rate of 95%.