SA's COVID-19 recovery rate up to 69%
South Africa’s recovery rate from the novel coronavirus has gone up to 69%.
Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize says of the more than 516 000 cases that have been confirmed in the country, 358 000 people have recovered.
We’ve seen the number of new infections go up by 5 377, in the last 24-hour cycle.
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Another 173 deaths have been recorded taking the toll to over 8 500.
KwaZulu-Natal’s confirmed more than 84 000 cases, 887 deaths and 44 000 recoveries.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 21 916 #COVID19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 5378 new cases. Regrettably, we report 173 more #COVID19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 8539. Click the link to view the full report https://t.co/j34fg6f5d2 pic.twitter.com/B08YLzj1eA
— NICD (@nicd_sa) August 3, 2020
