Level 2 lockdown looms, recovery rate moves to 80 percent
As South Africa prepares to move to Level 2 of the lockdown at midnight, the national coronavirus recovery rate has moved to 80 percent.
The Department of Health confirmed 121 new COVID-19 related deaths on Sunday night.
Thirty-four of those fatalities were from KwaZulu-Natal.
3 692 new cases have been recorded taking the national tally of infections to 587 345.
In KZN, there are 105 383 infections with 1672 deaths. There have been 78 909 recoveries in the province.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 587 345, the total number of deaths is 11 839 and the total number of recoveries is 472 377. pic.twitter.com/leyftonyKm
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) August 16, 2020
