Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced 250 more deaths owing to Covid-19, as well as 13944 new infections, taking the total confirmed cases over 421 000. Only India and the USA had more new cases than SA on Friday. Covid19SA
Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced 250 more deaths owing to Covid-19, as well as 13944 new infections, taking the total confirmed cases over 421 000.
South Africa’s coronavirus death toll now stands at 6343, with a majority of the deaths coming from the Western Cape , the Eastern Cape , Gauteng , and KwaZulu-Natal .Western Cape - 47South Africa, with 421 996cases, has the fifth highest confirmed cases in the world. Only the US, Brazil, India and Russia have more cases in the world.
The Covid-19 has swept through the country in a matter of just four months, with cases rising from 240 infections on March 21 to over 381 000 cases and over 5300 deaths on July 21 - exactly four months later. South Africa is currently on Day 120 of its lockdown. The country is now on level 3 of an eased lockdown which has allowed millions of workers to return to work.
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