COVID19SouthAfrica: The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at 592 144, the HealthZA said on Tuesday, with 485 468 recoveries reported. LockdownLevel2
The latest figures indicate a slowing down of reported cases, which were averaging between 5 000 and 10 000 new cases daily at the beginning of the month.Of the 282 deaths reported on Tuesday, 89 were from Gauteng, 66 from the Eastern Cape, 57 from KwaZulu-Natal, 34 from the Western Cape, 20 from North West, 13 from the Free State and 3 from the Northern Cape.Covid-19 deaths and recoveries per province for 18 August 2020 supplied by the National Department of Health.
As expected, the first day of the relaxed restrictions were eagerly embraced by smokers and drinkers who could once again purchase their favourite indulgences over the counter instead of buying from black market sellers at massively inflated prices.
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