On Saturday, African’s southernmost country, South Africa exceeded the 500,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus representing over 50% of all confirmed cases reported in all countries in Africa.
Minister of Health in South Africa, Zwelini Mkhize declared that the country recorded 10,107 new cases of the COVID-19 on Saturday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 503,290, whiles 8,153 patients have died.
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According to Johns Hopkins University, South Africa ranks fifth in the highest number of cases in the world.
A Durban based virologist, Denis Chopera said,
“Half a million is a significant milestone because it shows we’ve entered a stage of rapid increases. We may reach 1 million cases very quickly,”
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“What we know for sure is that the figures are an underestimate and that this virus will be with us for a long time to come.”
Source: Ghgossip.com
