South Africa recorded an additional 447 cases of Coronavirus infections on Sunday making it the highest number of cases in 24 hours in the country.

The tally of COVID -19 cases in South Africa now stands at 6,783 cases.

8 new deaths were also reported, and the total number of fatalities is 131.

The health Minister indicated that, Western Cape is the most impacted province, with 3,044 cases, followed by Guateng, where 1,624 confirmed cases has been reported since the beginning of the outbreak. KwaZulu-Natal now has 1,075 cases, and the Eastern Cape has 774 cases. Free State has now reported 122 confirmed cases, Limpopo 37, North West 36, Mpumalanga 46, and Northern Cape 24 cases respectively. A total number of 245,747 tests have been conducted to date said the Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.