South Africa confirms 11 deaths of COVID-19
On Sunday the total number of confirmedThe Health Department confirmed yet another two deaths related to COVID-19.The provincial breakdown: Gauteng 704, Western Cape 454 , KwaZulu-Natal 246 , Free State 87 , North West 11, Mpumalanga 18, Limpopo 19, Eastern Cape 31 , Northern Cape 8 and Unallocated 77.
Meanwhile on Saturday a meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the African Union’s Continental Response to COVID-19 was held. The meeting was attended by ten Health Ministers from African countries who received a briefing from the Director of the Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention , Dr John Nkengasong.
They jointly shared the concern about the disastrous effect of the pandemic that it may have in the African continent, given the levels of poverty and explosive spread in densely populated areas of human settlement.
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