South Africa's cabinet on Thursday extended the country's national state of disaster by yet another month until June 15.

"The extension considers the need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of state to mitigate against the impact of the disaster on lives and livelihoods," the cabinet said.

South Africa declared a national state of disaster on March 15, 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The country has recorded 1,602,759 coronavirus cases and 55,040 deaths.