South Africa's COVID-19 death toll nearing 22k mark
One-hundred-and-sixty fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours.
CAPE TOWN – Just over 4,900 new COVID-19 infections have been reported in South Africa over the past 24 hours.
04 December 2020 #COVID19 statistics in South Africa #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/fbch1IiY1k
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) December 4, 2020
This has pushed the total number of infections since the pandemic hit our shores in March to over 805,000.
One-hundred-and-sixty more fatalities were also recorded, bringing the national death toll to 21,963.
As of today, the cumulative total of #COVID19 cases is 805 804 with 4 932 new cases identified. A cumulative 5 534 084 tests have been completed, of which 33 415 have been conducted. Regrettably 160 deaths have been reported this brings the total to 21 963 deaths pic.twitter.com/BQZmhVivrF
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) December 4, 2020
