Update On Covid-19 (03rd September 2020)

Media Release
3 September 2020

As of today, a cumulative total of 633 015 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been recorded with 2 420 new cases identified

Case Data

Province	Total cases for 03 September 2020	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	86489	13,7
Free State	38869	6,1
Gauteng	211678	33,4
KwaZulu-Natal	114034	18,0
Limpopo	13488	2,1
Mpumalanga	24746	3,9
North West	25816	4,1
Northern Cape	11313	1,8
Western Cape	106582	16,8
Unknown	0	0,0
Total	633015	100,0

The total number of tests conducted to date is 3 747 101 with 20 380 new tests conducted since the last report

Total Deaths and Recoveries
Regrettably, we report 174 more COVID-19 related deaths: 39 from KwaZulu-Natal, 50 from Gauteng, 24 from Eastern Cape, 8 from Free State, 17 from Western Cape, 9 from North West and 27 from Mpumalanga.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 14 563 .

We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the health care workers that treated the deceased patients.

Our recoveries now stand at 554 887 which translates to a recovery rate of 88%

Province	Total Deaths	Total Recoveries	Active Cases
Eastern Cape	2956	82233	1300
Free State	739	26056	12074
Gauteng	3730	184538	23410
KwaZulu-Natal	2203	100766	11065
Limpopo	202	12647	639
Mpumalanga	378	23046	1322
North West	275	20028	5513
Northern Cape	134	7526	3653
Western Cape	3946	98047	4589
Total	14563	554887	63565