Deaths
SA records 8 COVID-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours
The Department of Health on Saturday night said 777 new cases had also been picked in the same day pushing our known caseload to more than 1,551,00.
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Coronavirus: Latest global developments
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,768,431 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.
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Brazil's 24-hour COVID deaths surpass 3,000 for first time
The health ministry registered a record 3,251 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing Brazil's overall death toll to nearly 299,000 -- second only to the United States.
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New York City pays emotional tribute to more than 30,000 COVID deaths
"More New Yorkers lost than in World War Two, Vietnam, Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 put together. Every family touched in some way, and for so many families a pain, a pain that is raw," Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a live virtual ceremony, after calling for a moment of silence to honor the victims.
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Jordan oxygen shortage linked to six coronavirus deaths
Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered the head of the state hospital in the town of Salt northwest of Amman to resign, state media reported, as hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital to protest the deaths.
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81 more people die from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours
This brings the total number of fatalities to 48,940.
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COVID-19: 151 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours
A total of 48,859 people here at home have succumbed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in March last year.
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SA funeral parlours consider buying coffins from neighbouring countries
With the country hit by a second wave of COVID-19 undertakers are seeing more and more bodies.
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‘We were broken’ – JHB family on how COVID-19 tore them apart after two deaths
The Khoza family lost two relatives in the space of just three weeks.
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How we got to two million Covid-19 deaths
On December 31, 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) is alerted to a cluster of pneumonia cases "of unknown cause" in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
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CT authorities investigate after woman dies while hiking on Table Mountain
It's believed the 42-year-old woman either slipped or tripped and fell on Saturday morning.
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COVID-19: SA records 10,939 new cases, 254 deaths
The country, much like many other nations across the globe, is in the grips of a second wave of the pandemic.
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US begins Covid-19 vaccinations as its death toll passes 300,000
The start of the desperately awaited vaccine program coincided with several European countries announcing new lockdowns amid spiralling infections, highlighting the long road to ending the global pandemic.
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SA records 3,198 new COVID-19 infections, 61 more deaths
In the past 24-hour cycle, 3,198 more people contracted the disease pushing the national caseload past 785,000.
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58 more people in SA die after contracting COVID-19 virus
The Health Ministry said 1,863 new infections were picked up over the past day bringing the number of known cases since the start of the outbreak to over 719,000.
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SA records 45 new COVID-19 deaths & 1,092 new infections
Gauteng accounts for 31.7% of the infections, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 17%
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SA records 1,834 new COVID-19 cases, 53 more deaths
While the epidemic in South Africa is still relatively stable infections in Europe are still rising relentlessly.
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SA drops to 10th place on global COVID-19 infection rankings list
In just the last week, the country has been overtaken by Spain and Argentina, which have around 10,000 more cases than South Africa.
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SA records 2,029 new COVID-19 cases, 83 more related deaths
The country is gearing for an easing of lockdown regulations as the rate of infection appears to be stabilising.
