Paul Nyathi

Deaths due to COVID-19 in South Africa have surpassed 21,000.

The health department recorded 2,493 new COVID-19 cases in the country in the last 24 hours.

The death toll now stands at 21,083 after 115 more people died of COVID-19.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 772,252. 

Recoveries now stand at 716,444 which translates to a recovery rate of 92.8-percent.