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South Africa: 'Grim Milestone' as South Africa Records Deadliest Covid-19 Day
allAfrica, 7 January 2021
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation recorded 21,832 new cases of Covid-19, and 844 deaths. Read more »
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South Africa: SA Records 844 Covid-19 Deaths As Cases Surge
SAnews.gov.za, 7 January 2021
South Africa has logged over 800 daily Coronavirus deaths for the first time since the outbreak, while new cases also hit a record high on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa: Minister Zweli Mkhize Confirms 21,832 More Cases of Covid-19
Govt of SA, 6 January 2021
Today, we have reached a grim milestone as we breach the 20 000 mark for new cases identified in 24 hours. 21 832 cases have been identified since the last report, bringing the… Read more »
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South Africa: SA Records Over 500 Deaths in a Single Day Due to Covid-19
SAnews.gov.za, 6 January 2021
South Africa recorded its second-highest daily death count since the pandemic after 513 people succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday. Read more »
'Grim Milestone' as South Africa Records Deadliest Covid-19 Day
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation recorded 21,832 new cases of Covid-19, and 844 deaths. This marks the deadliest 24-hour period for new Covid-19 infections and deaths in the nation yet. The previous highest number of deaths in a single day was 572 during July 2020. To date, 1,149,591 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the nation of which 31,368 were fatal and 929,239 resulted in recoveries.
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Government has set a minimum target of 67% of the population to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in an effort to achieve herd immunity, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said. Mkhize ... Read more »
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A new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, has been detected in South Africa, scientists have announced. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and members of the ... Read more »
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
Established in a City of Cape Town-owned community sports centre, the Khayelitsha Field Hospital functioned as an extension of the adjacent Khayelitsha District Hospita (file photo).
