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.