Up until now, Mpumalanga was the only province that had no deaths linked to COVID-19.
The health ministry on Sunday night also confirmed there are more than 48,000 infections in the country with the Western Cape accounting for almost 66%.
Meaning that every single province in SA now has at least one fatality from the respiratory illness.
The death was confirmed in a statement from health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Sunday night.
There are now 998 confirmed deaths, and 48,285 cases across SA.
As of June 6, the province has recorded 171 positive cases of Covid-19. The 171 cases include 81 females and 90 males. There are 94 recoveries and 77 active cases.
The National Department of Health has been notified of the death.
The Western Cape remains the epicentre of the outbreak; 45 more patients have died there, bringing the total in that province to 774.
Also in the Western Cape, 31,824 people have tested positive there.
Another province of great concern to health experts is the Eastern Cape, which now has 5,974 cases and 101 deaths.
Gauteng has 5,946 confirmed infections of which 47 patients succumbed to the virus.
KwaZulu-Natal, meanwhile, has recorded 61 coronavirus deaths so far, while a total of 3,108 of its people have tested positive.
