South Africa's COVID-19 death toll passes 18 000
South Africa's coronavirus death toll has hit another grim milestone.
One hundred and sixty-five more people, who contracted COVID-19, have died, taking the country's total number of fatalities to 18 028.
The Health Ministry says in the last 24 hours, KwaZulu-Natal's COVID-19 death toll increased by 50 to 3 056.
Over 1 100 new infections have been recorded, bringing the number of cases identified since the outbreak to over 694 000.
Our recovery rate remains steady at 90% - more than 625 000 people have beat the virus.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 694 537, the total number of deaths is 18 028 and the total number of recoveries is 625 574. pic.twitter.com/oHm9K9CzFS
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) October 13, 2020
