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The country has racked up 11,761 new infections in the last day, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases to more than 1,392 million.
Tshwane Healthcare city officials waiting to take throat swabs for COVID-19 coronavirus testing at the Denlyn Mall taxi rank in Mamelodi Township on January 20, 2021. Phill Magakoe / AFP
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa passed the grim milestone of 40,000 COVID-19-related deaths after 575 people succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours.
January 22, 2021 # COVID-19 statistics in South Africa #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/oBXynfgdyr
– Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 22, 2021
The country has racked up 11,761 new infections in the last day, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases to more than 1,392 million.
As of today, the cumulative number of # COVID-19 identified cases in South Africa is 1,392,568. Unfortunately, we reported 575 more deaths related to COVID-19. This brings the total to 40,076 deaths. Our recoveries now stand at 1201284, representing a recovery rate of 86% pic.twitter.com/B5cN5eK6Pb
– Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 22, 2021
The provinces with the most positive infections recorded are Gauteng, Western Cape, Kwz-Zulu Natal, and Eastern Cape, respectively.
More than 1.2 million people have recovered from the virus since it reached our shores in March last year.
We thank all South Africans for playing their role in mitigating the devastating effects of # COVID-19.
We continue to warn that the transmission rate remains very high and we must ensure that it is reduced to an acceptable level before we can ease the restrictions. pic.twitter.com/uWcsZdBxlP– Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 22, 2021
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