The Department of Health has recorded 2,128 new infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of known cases to 655,000 in the country
Sixty-seven more people have been reported dead in relation to COVID-19, in South Africa. This takes the death toll to 15,772.
The Department of Health has recorded 2,128 new infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of known cases to 655,000 in the country.
However, the recovery rate currently stands at 89.3%, which translates that 585,000 have recovered so far.
As of today, the cumulative number of detected #COVID19 cases in SA is 655 572 with 2 128 new cases identified. Number of tests done is 3 983 533 with 22 354 new tests done.Number of new deaths is 67 . Total number of deaths is 15 772. Number of recoveries is 585 303 pic.twitter.com/A0KSXzxIgc
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) September 17, 2020
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 17 September.
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— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) September 17, 2020