A woman receives protective face masks during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , May 15, 2020.
South Africa reports 4 514 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 590 399Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health, there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the Department reports 94 deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94 491 to date.According to the NICD, “The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng , followed by Western Cape .