Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday announced that there had been 8 124 confirmed Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of cases to 159 333.

The 8 124 is the highest number of infections South Africa has recorded during a 24-hour period.

Mkhize also said there had been 92 new deaths recorded during the same time frame, pushing the death toll to 2 749.

Mkhize said 1 666 939 tests have been completed in total, of which 36 931 new tests were reported.

The mortality rate is 1.7%, The number of recoveries is 76 025, which translates to a recovery rate of 47.7%," said Mkhize.