KZN logs over 3 000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs
Two hundred and forty people have succumbed to coronavirus-related illnesses in South Africa in the past 24 hours.
Twenty-seven of those deaths occurred in KwaZulu-Natal, which has also seen an increase of over 3 000 new infections to 71 240.
The death toll in the country’s gone up to 7 497.
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Eleven thousand three hundred and sixty-two new cases have pushed the COVID-19 tally to over 471 000.
More than 297 000 people have recovered from the virus - that figure’s risen to 32 483 in KZN.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 42 528 #COVID19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Regrettably, we report 240 more #COVID19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 7497. Click the link to view the full report https://t.co/MjrEfkWTsz pic.twitter.com/fcllhis5Tp
— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 29, 2020
