In our weekly updates, we summarise key statistics in the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.
South Africa recorded 2 906 422 cumulative Covid-19 infections as at 3 October (+0.3% increase from 2 896 943 infections on 26 September), of which 2 779 906 are recoveries and 38 736 are active cases (from 49 798 active cases on 26 September). The recovery rate is currently 95.6%.