The spike of 145 since Saturday 11 April, brought the latest number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa to 2 173 on Easter Sunday.

The death toll climbed to 25 on Saturday when a 61-year-old Western Cape man with underlying health conditions passed away. His death took the the provincial death toll to seven in total.

The breakdown of confirmed cases according to province are:

Gauteng — 865;
Western Cape — 587;
KwaZulu Natal — 443;
Free State — 96;
Eastern Cape 88
Limpopo — 23;
Mpumalanga — 21;
North West — 19;
Northern Cape — 16; and
Unallocated — 15.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on 8 and 9 April conducted a mass screening of offenders and officials at the Medium C female section of the East London Correctional Centre after a warder tested positive for the virus on 8 April.

So far, 26 people — 23 officials and three inmates — at the facility has tested positive and a further 46 people are expected to undergo testing on Monday.