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South Africa: Covid-19 cases - 646,398 cases; 15,378 deaths
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A new daily record in the Western Cape province: 1 822 new cases in the past 24 hours. Also 42 new deaths.
The Western Cape government, projecting a shortage of hospital beds, has now decided to create an additional 800 hospital beds at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
SOURCE: Tweet by Geoffrey York, Africa correspondent for The Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Covid-19 cases rise to 43,434 with 60 more deaths
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SA records 44 new Covid-19 deaths, infections up by 2 539
As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 45 973.
44 more Covid-19 related deaths: 25 in the Western Cape, 6 in KZN, 7 in Gauteng and 6 in the Eastern Cape. This brings the total national deaths to 952
A total of 850 871 tests have been processed cumulatively of which 30 196 tests have been conducted since the last report.
The recoveries to date are 24 258 - this translates to a recovery rate of 52,8%.
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Covid-19 cases jump by another 2,430 to 55,421
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Covid-19 cases spike by 3 147 as 1-million-tests milestone reached
As of Thursday, 11 June 2020, the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 58,568.
“Today we have reached a milestone – over one million tests have been completed,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
“This was no small feat and I would like to pay tribute to all the technicians and pathologists in the NHLS and private laboratories and all the staff who work in the most risky environment, 24 hours a day, to churn out these results.
“South Africa was one of the first off the mass-testing mark and we were the first country to do community screening and testing."
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Death toll hits 1 423, cases jump to 65 736
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