South Africa COVID-19: Confirmed cases in SA jump to 11 350 on Tuesday

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, on Tuesday 12 May, announced that the confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have risen to 11 350.

Mkhize did not announce an updated death toll on Tuesday which means that for now, the death toll remains at 206.

A total of 369 697 tests have been conducted to date with 13 630 tests done in the last 24 hours. Mkhize announced that there had been 4 357 recoveries thus far.

LATEST COVID-19 CASES BY PROVINCE AS OF TUESDAY 12 MAY

The following confirmed COVID-19 cases have been detected in each province as of Tuesday:

• Gauteng – 2 014 cases;
• Western Cape – 6 105 cases;
• KwaZulu-Natal – 1 394 cases;
• Free State – 135 cases;
• Eastern Cape – 1 504 COVID-19 cases;
• Limpopo – 54 cases;
• Mpumalanga – 63 cases;
• North West – 51 cases;
• Northern Cape – 30 cases; and
• Unknown – 0 cases.

This comes to a total of 11 350 confirmed cases.

The Western Cape is still the COVID-19 epicentre with the most positive cases in the country.