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By IOL Reporter 
2h ago
South Africa has recorded a cumulative total of 622,551 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country.
The total number of tests performed to date is 3,652,970 with 20,659 new tests performed since Aug. 28, the Health Department confirmed.
Recoveries now stand at 536,694, which translates to an 86 percent recovery rate.
Sadly, 238 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported, with 19 in KwaZulu-Natal, 81 in Gauteng, six in the Eastern Cape, nine in the Western Cape, and 123 in the Free State.
This brings the total number of Covid-19-related deaths to 13,981.
Good news may be on the horizon, as the newly released antibody tests for Covid-19 could be the weapon South Africa needs to better prepare if the country is hit by a second wave.
There is a debate as to whether South Africa will experience a second wave and what it will look like, the Saturday Star reported.
Some researchers believe that because the country entered an early lockdown, that second surge could be avoided.
Others think it will be a slow infection burn rate that will stay with us for at least the next three years.
Professor Alex Welte of the South African Center of Excellence for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis believes that the wave is coming.
“So we know there will be a second wave and we know that this time we will have more information,” he says. “But we must feel more empowered to manage the next wave more rationally, so that it has a lower economic impact and we are more effective. And that’s the important use of these tests. “
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