SA hit a significant milestone on Wednesday night, as the 10-million mark for the number of Covid-19 tests was passed. There had been a total of 1,553,609 cases confirmed across the country by Wednesday night since the start of the pandemic, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said — and this from 10,020,025 tests conducted to date. Of these, 24,594 were completed in the past 24 hours, with 756 of them […]
South Africa on Saturday recorded more than 7,800 new cases of COVID-19, affirming fears that the country was dealing with a resurgence of the virus. The last update from the National Health Department placed the country's total case load at 852,965. Gauteng accounts for more than a quarter of South Africa's known infections, however were are serious concerns around the Eastern Cape, which recorded the more deaths than any other […]
South Africa has recorded 2 237 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 749 182. The country has also recorded 53 new related fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths to 20 206. In a statement, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says most of the new deaths were recorded in the Eastern Cape. “Regrettably, 53 more COVID-19 related deaths have been […]
The cumulative number of detected COVID-19 cases in South Africa was at 668,529 on Friday – with 1,480 new cases identified in the latest 24-hour cycle. According to the statement released by the national department of health on Friday evening, 29 more deaths were reported – this brought the number of total COVID-19 related fatalities to 16,312. The highest number of deaths was recorded in the Northern Cape, at eight fatalities; there […]
As of Sunday, the number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in South Africa was 445,433, with 11,233 new cases identified. The number of Covid-19-related deaths increased by 114, bringing the total to 6769, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said. The latest provincial breakdown was as follows: Eastern Cape - 73,585 (16.5 percent) Free State - 16,482 (3.7) Gauteng - 160,154 (36.0) KwaZulu-Natal - 64,061 (14.4) Limpopo - 7076 (1.6) Mpumalanga […]
The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 298,292, an increase 10,496 from the previous day. The number of deaths has also increased by 174 bringing the total to 4,346 Gauteng has the most infections with 107,070 followed by Western Cape at 80,199, Eastern Cape at 53,959, KwaZulu-Natal 30,587, Free State 5,973, North West 10,784, Mpumalanga 4,576, Limpopo 3,458, Northern Cape […]
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