South Africa: coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and recoveries, by region

As of June 7, 2021, a total of 57,063 COVID-19 related casualties and 1,581,540 recoveries were registered in South Africa. Western Cape registered 11,881 casualties and 279,984 recoveries in total, closely followed by Eastern Cape with only 208 casualties less and 185,995 recoveries.

Analyzing the confirmed coronavirus cases per region in South Africa, Gauteng was hit hardest. As of June 7, 2021, the region with Johannesburg as its capital registered 476,514 cases of COVID-19.

Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and recoveries in South Africa as of June 7, 2021, by region

Characteristic	Deaths	Recoveries
Western Cape	11,881	279,984
Eastern Cape	11,673	185,995
Gauteng	11,436	443,378
KwaZulu-Natal	10,535	325,296
Free State	4,475	90,622
Limpopo	2,489	62,749
North West	1,949	70,077
Mpumalanga	1,459	80,809
Northern Cape	1,166	42,630

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June 2021

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South Africa

Survey time period

June 8, 2021

Supplementary notes

Numbers may change in the course of a day. Concerning case numbers communicated by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),

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