A doctor walks in the Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on July 14, 2020. - Six senior clinicians in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University have volunteered to participate in South Africaís first COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)
As it stands, the death count of patients who have succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa is now a hundred and seventy-four. This death toll brings the total number of coronavirus to 14,563 in the country. In the past 24 hours, 2,420 new COVID-19 infections have come to light in South Africa. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 3 September was at 633,015. On a positive note, the recovery rate keeps improving and currently stands on 88 percent with 554,887. That interprets that over a million patients have recovered from the virus.
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