2,337,614 Coronavirus cases have been confirmed globally where 598,298 have recovered, with 161,015 deaths.

The number of cases from the new coronavirus in south Africa increased by additional 291 as of Thursday. South Africa is one of the most heavily affected countries by the coronavirus in Africa, the country now has seen 5,647 cases, while 2,073 people have recovered, with 103 deaths.

Top three most affected provinces are the Western Cape the epicenter of COVID – 19 now has an estimated 2,342 cases, Guateng 1,446 cases, while the cases in KwaZulu-Natal nears 1,000 with a total number of 980 confirmed cases. The province with the least number of COVID – 19 confirmed cases is Northern Cape with only 17 cases since the beginning of the outbreak.

Deaths statistics also indicated that, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Guateng, with 42, 32 and and 11 deaths respectively from the total number of 103 fatalities reported till date.

The country has now maintained the highest number of cases in Africa, since the first case of the virus was confirmed at Egypt in February, however, the rate of recoveries is high, and the death rate is relatively low.