South Africa is starting off the week with a daily coronavirus infection rate of 5,074 for the past 24-hour reporting cycle.

These take the country’s known caseload since the start of the pandemic to 1,696,000.

Sadly, 45 more people have also died after contracting the virus, with the death toll now at 56,974.

The Health Department said that 1,578,000 people had recuperated so far, which worked out to a recovery rate of 93%.

Over 1.3 million healthcare workers and people over 60 have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 696 564. Number of new cases is 5074. Today, 45 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported bringing the total to 56 974 deaths.Our recoveries now stand at 1 578 033,representing a recovery rate of 93,0% pic.twitter.com/FQfy6KpZIJ

— Department of Health (@HealthZA) June 6, 2021

06 June 2021 #COVID19 statistics in South Africa #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/Afqaz4uaAp

— Department of Health (@HealthZA) June 6, 2021