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As of Sunday, September 13, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is 649,793 with 1,579 new cases identified.
20 more deaths from Covid-19 have been reported: 4 from KwaZulu-Natal, 6 from Gauteng, 4 from the Eastern Cape and 6 from the Western Cape.
The total number of deaths is 15,447 and the total number of recoveries is 577,906.
“We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and we thank the health workers who treated the deceased patients,” said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
To date, the total number of confirmed # COVID-19 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
These are the latest advances in the Covid-19 pandemic:
Covid-19 has killed at least 921,097 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a count from official sources compiled by AFP at 11:00 am Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Sunday.
At least 28,819,490 cases of Covid-19 have been registered. Of these, at least 19,133,300 are now considered recovered.
The counts, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), likely reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.
Many countries are testing only for symptomatic or more severe cases.
On Saturday, 4,806 new deaths and 284,827 new cases were recorded worldwide. According to the latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were India with 1,114 new deaths, followed by Brazil with 814 and the United States with 523.
The United States is the most affected country with 193,705 deaths out of 6,486,401 cases. At least 2,434,658 people have been declared recovered.
After the US, the most affected countries are Brazil with 131,210 deaths out of 4,315,687 cases, India with 78,586 deaths out of 4,754,356 cases, Mexico with 70,604 deaths out of 663,973 cases, and the United Kingdom with 41,623 deaths out of 365,174 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Peru with 93 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium, 86, Spain, 64, Bolivia, 63 and Chile, 62.
China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau, has reported 85,184 cases to date, including 4,634 deaths and 80,399 recoveries.
Continental numbers
- Latin America and the Caribbean in general has 309,317 deaths out of 8,229,215 cases
- Europe 221,146 deaths from 4,471,410 infections
- United States and Canada 202,916 deaths out of 6,622,504 cases.
- Asia reported 114,518 deaths out of 6,445,438 cases
- Middle East 39,829 deaths out of 1,671,988 cases
- Africa 32,501 deaths out of 1,348,379 cases
- Oceania 870 deaths out of 30,563 cases
As a result of corrections by national authorities or the late release of data, the figures updated during the last 24 hours may not correspond exactly to the previous day’s counts.
Additional AFP reports
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