SA COVID-19 death toll ticks up to 15,772 as 67 more fatalities recorded
The Health Ministry said that 2,128 new infections were picked up over the past day, pushing the number of known cases in this country to over 655,000.
The Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku with teams of field workers in Ekurhuleni District, Glen Marikana Informal settlement to form part of the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 on 17 April 2020. Pictures: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN
JOHANNESBURG – Sixty-seven more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 15,772.
The Health Ministry said that 2,128 new infections were picked up over the past day, pushing the number of known cases in this country to over 655,000.
The recovery rate stands at 89.3%, meaning that 585,000 have so far recovered.
As of today, the cumulative number of detected #COVID19 cases in SA is 655 572 with 2 128 new cases identified. Number of tests done is 3 983 533 with 22 354 new tests done.Number of new deaths is 67 . Total number of deaths is 15 772. Number of recoveries is 585 303 pic.twitter.com/A0KSXzxIgc
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) September 17, 2020