COVID-19 in SA: Over 20 deaths reported as recovery rate hits 88.9%

The Well being Division has recorded the demise of 20 sufferers who succumbed to coronavirus and this takes the demise toll to fifteen,447

Members of Nationwide College of Science and Know-how (NUST) work on specimens in a COVID-19 laboratory testing centre on April 25, 2020, at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Prior to now 24 hours, the well being division recorded 1,579 new coronavirus instances in South Africa. This new document brings the overall variety of infections to 649,793 within the nation.

Gauteng and Western Cape have taken the bigger share of fatalities with a document of six deaths every. KwaZulu-Natal and the Jap Cape reported 4 deaths every.

The Well being Division has recorded the demise of 20 sufferers who succumbed to coronavirus and this takes the demise toll to fifteen,447.

The restoration fee now stands at 88.9% which interprets to 577,000 recoveries thus far.

There are 649 793 confirmed #COVID19 instances in SA with 1 579 new instances recognized. Whole variety of checks achieved is 3 918 478 with 15 692 new checks achieved. Variety of new deaths is 20. Variety of complete deaths is 15 447. Variety of recoveries is 577 906 pic.twitter.com/pBFejoDyRx

— Division of Well being (@HealthZA) September 13, 2020

#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 13 September.

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— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) September 13, 2020