South Africa sees drop in COVID-19 deaths
The daily COVID-19 death toll in South Africa has dropped drastically, with the Health Ministry reporting 20 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Fatalities, due to the virus, have now climbed to 15 447 in the country.
Over 1 500 new infections have been registered, bringing the number of positive cases identified to more than 649 000.
The recovery rate remains steady at 88.9%.
Nearly 578 000 people have beat the virus.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 649 793, the total number of deaths is 15 447 and the total number of recoveries is 577 906. pic.twitter.com/V2hHvTMu1B
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) September 13, 2020
