South Africa's COVID-19 cases edge towards 500 000
A jump in new COVID-19 infections has moved us closer to the half-a-million mark.
Just over 11 000 cases have been recorded in the last 24-hours, taking the country's number of confirmed infections to 482 000.
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More than 309 000 people have beat the virus.
Health Minister Zweli Mhize says they've recorded another 315 deaths since Wednesday, taking the country's death toll to 7 812.
As of today, a cumulative total of 482 169 confirmed COVID-19 cases in SA have been recorded with 11046 new cases identified. Number of tests conducted to date is 2 918 049. number of deaths to 7 812.
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) July 31, 2020
Number of recoveries currently stands at 309 601 #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/wPSWz30aaT
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 44 886 #COVID19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. There are 11 049 new cases. Regrettably, we report 315 more #COVID19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 7812. Click the link to view the full report https://t.co/4QQQ7yggc2 pic.twitter.com/X9YkvhZ2uJ
— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 30, 2020
