As at today [April 30], the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 5 647, an increase of 297 cases from yesterday.

The total number of tests conducted to date is 207 530 of which 10 403 were done in the last 24 hours.

The provincial breakdown is as follows:

Province

Total cases for 29 April 2020

Eastern Cape

647

Free State

116

Gauteng

1446

KwaZulu-Natal

980

Limpopo

32

Mpumalanga

36

North West

31

Northern Cape

17

Western Cape

2342

Unknown

0

Total

5647

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Lucinda is a hard news writer who occasionally dabbles in lifestyle writing, and recent journalism graduate. She is a proud intersectional feminist, and is passionate about actively creating a world which is free of discrimination and inequality.