Own Correspondent|South African Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced that there are now 15,515 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa.

This is an increase of 1,160 cases from the 14,355 cases reported on Saturday, when the country recorded its highest daily total of 831 new infections.

Dr Mkhize said on Sunday (17 May), that the total number of deaths has now reached 264 – an increase of three deaths from 261 reported before.

The Western Cape has contributed 890 new cases, followed by the Eastern Cape, with 124 new infections reported over the past 24 hours.

The minister said that 460,873 tests have been conducted to date – 21,314 over the past 24-hours, while he highlighted a total of 7,006 recoveries to date.