Over the weekend, President Cyril Ramaphosa urged people to remember that the Covid-19 storm is inevitable, but that individual actions determine its path. He also announced that lockdown Level 3 is here to stay for now, but with some stricter terms. Meanwhile, Dis-Chem suspended its testing service because of a laboratory backlog. In Buffalo City, the municipality was mourning the loss of its Speaker to Covid-19. In addition, a former commissioner at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Thomas Manthata, died of Covid-19.
Scroll through the gallery below to view the latest Covid-19 numbers available on 12 July at the district level. All maps are sourced from provincial health departments; however, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State did not provide an update by the time of publishing:
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