Over 1 500 new COVID-19 cases recorded in SA
South Africa's moved to level one of the coronavirus lockdown as 13 more people succumb to COVID-19.
1,555 new infections have been recorded, taking the number of cases identified since the outbreak to over 661 211.
Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize says our virus-related death toll's moved up to 15 953 in the last 24-hours.
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Gauteng has the highest number of active cases at over 20 000, followed by the Free State with more than 14 000 and then KwaZulu Natal at a little over 7 208.
As of today, the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases is 661 211 with 1 555 new cases identified. Number of tests done is 4 041 543 with 16 884 new tests done. Our recoveries now stand at 590 071 which translates to a recovery rate of 89,2% pic.twitter.com/jHs71oWT51
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) September 20, 2020
590 071 people have beat the virus - which translates to a recovery rate of 89.2%
In KZN, the figure stands at 108 004.
More than 2531 people have died.
