To date, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 264 184. This places the country among the top 10 for global COVID-19 infections.
According to stats from Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, Gauteng has the highest number of confirmed cases (93 044) , which equals 35.2% of the total cases in the country. The Western Cape is close behind with 77 336 confirmed cases or 29.3% of the total, and the Eastern Cape has the third most confirmed cases with 48 232 (18.3%).
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 264 184, the total number of deaths is 3 971 and the total number of recoveries is 127 715. pic.twitter.com/DHRsp9lsuS
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) July 11, 2020
Globally, there have been over 12.5-million confirmed cases of coronavirus, of which a reported 6.89-million have recovered and more than 560 000 have died.
The top 10 is as follows:
10 – South Africa (264 184 confirmed cases)
9 – United Kingdom (288 953 confirmed cases)
8 – Mexico (295 268 confirmed cases)
7 – Spain (300 988 confirmed cases)
6 – Chile (312 029 confirmed cases)
5 – Peru (322 710 confirmed cases)
4 – Russia (720 547 confirmed cases)
3 – India (850 827 confirmed cases)
2 – Brazil (1 840 812 confirmed cases)
1 – United States of America (3 355 646 confirmed cases)
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