Johannesburg – South Africa continues to battle the second wave of Covid-19 that it is facing.
In the past 24 hours, the department of health said that 21 832 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded.
This takes the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in SA to 1 149 591.
The department of health, said, “We have reached a grim milestone as we breach the 20 000 mark for new cases identified in 24 hours. 21 832 cases have been identified since the last report, bringing the total cumulative COVID-19 cases in SA to 1 149 591. We report 844 new deaths. Recoveries are 929 239.”
The daily high infection rate prompted the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa to call for an urgent meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Counsel.
The meeting took place on Wednesday morning at 9am.
We have reached a grim milestone as we breach the 20 000 mark for new cases identified in 24 hours. 21 832 cases have been identified since the last report, bringing the total cumulative #COVID19 cases in SA to 1 149 591. We report 844 new deaths. Recoveries are 929 239 pic.twitter.com/P5vcoCYv0P
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 6, 2021
The president usually addresses the nation a day or two after the counsel meets, to update the country on government’s latest response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Monday, the death toll in the country surpassed the 30 000 mark.
06 January 2020 #COVID19 statistics in South Africa #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/PXy5tKz5PU
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 6, 2021
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