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A woman queues outside a COVID-19 coronavirus testing venue at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne on 16 July 2020. Picture: AFP

Covid 19 cases

Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000

By Reuters

Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past two weeks that ended on...

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    'They should only open schools when it's safe': Pressure mounts on DBE

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    668 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    ‘Please, don’t make us arrest people at funerals’: Cele says no ‘after tears’

    Under lockdown level 3, no more than 50 people are allowed to attend a funeral service.

    674 days ago
  • Intensive-care specialists at Tygerberg Hospital have a new infection-resistant 'colleague' helping them do ward rounds on COVID-19 patients. Picture: Stellenbosch University/Facebook

    Another record jump in COVID-19 fatalities, infections also on the rise

    The health ministry has also announced 663 additional cases, taking the number of infections to 8, 895.

    741 days ago
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