KZN tops 100 000 coronavirus cases, moves past Western Cape
KwaZulu-Natal has breached the 100 000 coronavirus infections mark. It has also moved passed the Western Cape as the second hardest hit province by the virus in the country.
One-hundred and thirty new COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the Department of Health last night.
Thirty of those fatalities were from KZN.
The cumulative total of deaths now stands at 10 751.
There were 2512 fresh cases reported over the past 24 hours.
KZN has a total of 100 494 confirmed cases with 1450 deaths and 56 758 recoveries.
The national recovery rate increased for the third day in a row, climbing to 75 percent.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 11 483 #COVID19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 2512 new cases. Regrettably, we report 130 more #COVID19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 10 751. Click the link to view the full report https://t.co/EX114ettb1 pic.twitter.com/DC877v6TBx
— NICD (@nicd_sa) August 11, 2020
