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Scientists said that all nine provinces have now been hit by the second wave here at home.
Emergency paramedics wearing full COVID-19 coronavirus personal protective equipment (PPE) transfer an empty stretcher to an ambulance at Greenacres Hospital in Port Elizabeth on July 10, 2020. Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has recorded 274 COVID-19-related deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 24,285 since the outbreak.
During the last day, 8,725 new cases of coronavirus were reported and the total number of infections now exceeds 901,000.
So far, more than 783,000 people have recovered from the virus.
Scientists said that all nine provinces have now been hit by the second wave here at home.
December 18, 2020 # COVID-19 statistics in South Africa #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/ZcLhzMr8oe
Health Department (@HealthZA) December 18, 2020
Cumulative number of # COVID-19 cases stands at 901,538 with 8,725 new cases. A cumulative total of 6 051 986 tests have been carried out with 40 751 new tests carried out. There are 274 more deaths from COVID19, bringing the total deaths to 24,285. Recoveries now stand at 783,818. pic.twitter.com/YWXMjuJSKr
Health Department (@HealthZA) December 18, 2020
On Friday, a team of experts, together with Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, announced a new variant of COVID-19 that has been identified in South Africa.
This unusual strain is understood to have arisen in the Nelson Mandela Bay region, and scientists still don’t know where it originated from.
The Co-Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, said that the same preventive measures would continue to be applied to combat the virus.
“This is an opportunity for us to revitalize and improve our prevention measures to contain this virus as we see it rapidly spreading through our communities.”
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