South Africa’s COVID-19 death toll has increased by 123 in the last 24 hours.
The majority of the deaths are from the Eastern Cape (44), Gauteng (35) and KwaZulu-Natal (17).
This brings the number of confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in the country to 18,151.
The health department said 1,877 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, which brings the total number of confirmed cases to 696,141.
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 14 October.
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— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) October 14, 2020
The number of people that have recovered from the virus is 626,898 which translates to a 90 percent recovery rate.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 696 414, the total number of deaths is 18 151 and the total number of recoveries is 626 898. pic.twitter.com/MDWdA7pE8r
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) October 14, 2020
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Source: eNCA
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