The COVID-19 death toll now stands at over 16 000 after 126 new fatalities were recorded on Tuesday.
KwaZulu-Natal recorded the most deaths after 54 people lost the battle to the respiratory disease.
Meanwhile, 45 deaths were recorded in Gauteng, 17 in the Western Cape, and five each in the Eastern Cape and the North West.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 16 118.
Globally, there have been 31 174 627 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 962 613 deaths reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
According to the WHO’s latest data, from 14 - 20 September, there were almost two million new cases of COVID-19, which represents a 6% increase compared to the previous week.
This is the highest number of reported cases in a single week since the beginning of the epidemic.
South Africa remains the African country with the highest number of new cases and new deaths, followed by Ethiopia, Algeria and Mozambique.
