Customers are seen at a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 5, 2020. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has risen to 1,655, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
CAPE TOWN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has risen to 1,655, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the country reported two more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 11.
The two deceased patients were old people aged 82 and 86, both with underlying conditions, the minister said.
South Africa has rolled out massive community testing as the pandemic continued unabated.
The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted to date is 56,873, an increase of 2,936 from those reported on Saturday, Mkhize said.
He acknowledged that the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health disaster.
South Africa, which reported its first case on March 5, has the largest number of COVID-19 cases on the African continent.
