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According to the Department of Health, 86 more deaths related to COVID-19 were reported, bringing the national death toll to 20,845.
FILE: A field worker is part of a detection and testing campaign on April 17, 2020 in the informal settlement of Marikana aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19. Image: EWN
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa recorded 2,646 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of known cases since the outbreak began to 765,409.
According to the Department of Health, 86 more deaths related to COVID-19 were reported, bringing the national death toll to 20,845.
“Of the 86 deaths, 22 reportedly occurred in the past 48 hours: 13 in the Eastern Cape, one in KwaZulu-Natal, eight in the Western Cape,” the department said in a statement Saturday.
On the recovery front, 707,784 people had recovered so far.
# COVID-19 Statistics in SA as of November 21.
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Dr. Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) November 21, 2020
To date, the total number of confirmed # COVID-19 cases is 765,409, the total number of deaths is 20,845, and the total number of recoveries is 707,784. pic.twitter.com/CBe7sGp18k
Dr. Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) November 21, 2020
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