Gauteng now has 2 521 reported cases of Covid-19, with two more deaths recorded since Thursday.
While the number of new cases in Gauteng has increased by almost 3% (from 2 453) since Thursday, the number of recoveries rose even faster, by almost 4% to 1 840.
Accordingly, there are now 681 active Covid-19 cases in the province, four more than on Thursday.
The City of Johannesburg still accounts for more than half of Gauteng's cases, with 305 in the area that includes Alexandra, Wynberg, Sandton, Orange Grove and Houghton alone.
But this is an increase of only one reported case since Thursday and, with 269 recoveries, there are 35 active cases in the area.
