The Eastern Cape now has the third-highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country at 1 504.
According to the health ministry, the Eastern Cape has surpassed Kwazulu-Natal which is currently the fourth-most infected province at 1 394.
The Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in South Africa has increased by 698 to 11 350 in the past day.
It says this is the highest daily increase of cases seen in the country yet.
The Western Cape continues to register the highest number of cases with 6 105 with more than 5 000 of the province's Covid-19 infections recorded in Cape Town.
Gauteng has just over 2 000 cases followed by the Eastern Cape.
The Council for Medical Schemes has meanwhile confirmed that its chairperson, Clarence Mini, was among those who have died of complications linked to the virus.
The record number of daily increases comes as the government faces mounting pressure to further ease lockdown restrictions.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has added its voice to calls for the government to open the economy further, following a warning from National Treasury that the health pandemic could cost the country seven million jobs, in the worst-case scenario.
