SA records 190 more COVID-19 deaths as infection recovery rate creeps up
These latest fatalities bring the national death toll to 7,257.
JOHANNESBURG - One hundred and ninety more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus.
These latest fatalities bring the national death toll to 7,257.
The Health Ministry said that another 7,000 infections had been confirmed over the past 24-hour cycle, pushing the number of known cases in this country since march to almost 460,000.
The recovery rate is up now at 62.5%, which means more than 287,000 people have so far recovered.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 459 761, the total number of deaths is 7 257 and the total number of recoveries is 287 313. pic.twitter.com/tG3bgDsMu2
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) July 28, 2020