South Africa on Wednesday recorded 2 879 new COVID-19 cases.
Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said this brings the cumulative COVID-19 cases to 568 919 since the first case was recorded on the 5th March.
In addition, 259 more people succumbed to COVID-19 related fatalities, pushing the death toll to 11 010.
Of the new deaths, 108 are from Gauteng, 74 from KwaZulu-Natal, 46 from the Eastern Cape and 31 from the Western Cape.
Gauteng remains the hardest-hit province with 194 685 cases, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 101 499, Western Cape 100 536 and Eastern Cape 82 779.
Free State has 29 578 cases, North West 22 205, Mpumalanga 19 755, Limpopo 10 875 and Northern Cape 6 957.
Meanwhile, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has, to date, recorded more than 20 700 Covid-19 cases across the metro.
As of the 10th of August, 19 399 people have recovered, while 771 people have died.
Motherwell remains the epicentre of the virus in the metro, with 2 612 infections recorded,
followed by Uitenhage with 1 648 and Kwazakhele, 1380.
The least affected areas include Glendor and Sardinia Bay, which have recorded three and five cases, respectively.
According to the World Health Organisation, there are now 20 162 474 cases and 737 417 deaths globally.
