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COVID-19 in SA: More than 1,000 new cases recorded

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 27: A medical worker shows the process for rapid coronavirus testing on the new Abbott ID Now machine at a ProHEALTH center in Brooklyn on August 27, 2020 in New York City. 

Health Minister – Zweli Mkhize has sounded a note of warning that a could be a possible surge of COVID-19 infections in the country.

But he said health officials are capable of handling the situation this time.


The Department of Health has recorded 1,027 new COVID-19 cases.

Eighty-seven more people have succumbed to the coronavirus, which takes the total number of fatalities in the country to 17,103.

Moreover, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 683,242.

The recovery rate is now at 90 percent, which translates that about 616,857 people have recovered so far.

However, Mkhize has sounded a note warning to South Africans to maintain precautionary measures against the virus.

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