Update On Covid-19 (12th July 2020)

Media Release
12 July 2020

As announced by His Excellency President MC Ramaphosa, a cumulative total of 276 242 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been reported with 12 058 new cases identified

Case Data

Province	Total cases for 12 July 2020	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	50300	18,2
Free State	5224	1,9
Gauteng	98431	35,6
KwaZulu-Natal	25572	9,3
Limpopo	3014	1,1
Mpumalanga	3977	1,4
North West	9924	3,6
Northern Cape	1401	0,5
Western Cape	78399	28,4
Unknown	0	0,0
Total	276242	100,0

Testing Data
The total number of tests conducted to date is 2 154 391 with 45 821 new tests conducted since the last report

Reported Deaths and Recoveries
Regrettably, we report a further 108 COVID-19 related deaths- 7 from KwaZulu Natal, 15 from Western Cape, 22 from Eastern Cape, and 64 from Gauteng.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 4079

We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the health care workers who treated the deceased

The number of recoveries is 134 874, which translates to a recovery rate of 48,8%

The provincial breakdown is as follows:

Province	Deaths	Recoveries
Eastern Cape	686	31586
Free State	19	681
Gauteng	644	32958
KwaZulu-Natal	280	6021
Limpopo	33	1147
Mpumalanga	22	910
North West	36	2191
Northern Cape	11	310
Western Cape	2348	59070
Total	4079	134874