Second wave
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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Weathering the storm: Makhura says Gauteng’s COVID cases dropping
The Gauteng provincial command council led by David Makhura on Friday gave an update on the province’s COVID-19 response.
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KZN health authorities ‘in the dark’ about SA surpassing second wave peak
While President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday night that the country has surpassed the peak of the coronavirus second wave, KZN health authorities say they are yet to receive confirmation of this.
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New Zealand records first COVID-19 new variant case
The 56-year-old woman, who recently returned from Europe, tested positive on Saturday, 10 days after she completed her compulsory two weeks in isolation.
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KZN authorities say they’ve started planning COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Government said it's secured over 20 million vaccine doses to be administered in the first half of the 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 want to save lives': Dlamini-Zuma defends govt’s response to COVID-19
Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday gave clarity on amendments to the level three restrictions, saying it was difficult to ascertain how long South Africa would be under a state of disaster.
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Namakwa District in Northern Cape now a potential COVID-19 hotspot
Provincial health officials said coronavirus infections were rising in all the province’s districts.
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SA's daily infection rate nearly doubles within 3 weeks
The total number of confirmed infections reported in the country since March has now reached nearly 1,150,000.
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WC Health Dept concerned about strain COVID resurgence has on hospitals
South Africa has passed the 100,000 mark in active cases, 14,386 of those are in Gauteng while close to 33,000 are in the Western Cape.
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COVID-19: KZN, WC account for more than half of country’s 100,000 active cases
Government has introduced restrictions in beaches in both provinces in an effort to claw back their epidemics.
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Coronavirus: Latest global developments
At least 1,679,114 people have died since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.
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England, Italy brace for Christmas lockdowns as Europe battles virus surge
Europe has become the first region in the world to pass 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic broke out a year ago, killing more than 1.6 million worldwide and pitching the global economy into turmoil.
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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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No scientific evidence to back closing of beaches, says DA’s Steenhuisen
Winde said he's written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting he reconsider the move.
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184 more people die after contracting COVID-19 in SA
These latest fatalities confirmed overnight to bring the country's death toll to 24,011.
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EC records 93 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours
According to the Department of Health 175 more deaths were reported, 93 coming from the Eastern Cape, bringing the country’s total death toll to 23,451.
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Ramaphosa to give full details on govt's response to COVID-19 second wave
Over the weekend, he met with Cabinet to discuss saving lives versus livelihoods.
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Ramaphosa to address nation tomorrow evening
This according to a statement by the Presidency on Sunday evening.
