South Africa's COVID-19 deaths pass 7 000
There's been a drop in the number of new coronavirus cases.
South Africa's now confirmed more than 452 000 infections, after an increase of over 7 000 in the last 24-hours.
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But we've had another 298 deaths - bringing the total number of fatalities to 7 067.
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More than 274 000 people have recovered from coronavirus.
Nearly 66 000 cases have been recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, with 623 deaths and 24 000 recoveries in the province.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 28 433 #COVID19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. Regrettably, we report 298 more #COVID19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 7067. The number of recoveries is 274 925 (61% recovery rate) pic.twitter.com/2E1Rz3a23c
— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 27, 2020
