The breakdown of Covid-19 cases in the department is:
- Eastern Cape: 489 cases, 72 recoveries and three deaths
- Western Cape: 206 cases, 59 recoveries and two deaths
- Limpopo: two cases and one recovery
- Gauteng: 16 cases, 10 recoveries
- Northern Cape: two cases
- Free State: one case
- KwaZulu-Natal: two cases
- Head office: one case and one recovery.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday night the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 22,583, with 429 fatalities.
The total number of recoveries is 11,100 with 11,483 active cases, he said.
"This translates to a recovery rate of 49%. This is above the global recovery rate, which is 42%."
A total of 583,855 tests have been conducted to date, with 19,485 tests completed in the previous 24-hour testing cycle.