Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 3 953 South Africans have now recovered from the Covid-19 virus, which has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in the country so far.
This means that 800 more people have recovered from the virus since the last recoveries update on Thursday night.
Mkhize did not provide a province by province breakdown of the latest recoveries on Saturday when he announced more than 500 new infections and 8 more coronavirus related deaths in the country.
On average, it takes 14 days for an infected patient to rid themselves of the virus.
As of Thursday, the most recoveries were in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, the province’s which also have the most cases in the country.
LATEST BREAKDOWN
Recoveries
Active Cases
Total Cases
Total Deaths
South Africa
3983
5251
9420
186
Western Cape
N/D
4809
95
Gauteng
N/D
1910
18
KZN
N/D
1308
43
Eastern Cape
N/D
1078
18
Free State
N/D
134
6
Mpumalanga
N/D
61
0
Limpopo
N/D
51
3
N West
N/D
41
0
N Cape
N/D
28
0
N/D = Not Disclosed
South Africa has now conducted more than 324 000 Covid-19 tests and 16 000 tests in the past 24 hours, said Mkhize.