South Africa has announced that the number of coronavirus cases has increased from 1380 to 1462 while deaths recorded are now at 5.
This comes when the number of people who tested positive for coronavirus worldwide is now nearly 100 000 while deaths are around 51 000.
The deadly pandemic emerged in Wuhan, a city in Hubei a Chinese province in December last year.
Experts say that the virus may kill millions of people if necessary preventive and control measures are not put in place.