Coronavirus – South Africa: COVID-19 update for South Africa (18th August 2020)
19 August 2020 |
6:00 pm
COVID-19 Update: A total of 14677 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 2258 new cases. Regrettably, we report 282 more COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 12264. Click the link to view the full report: https://bit.ly/34dcCwsDistributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases,…
COVID-19 Update: A total of 14677 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 2258 new cases. Regrettably, we report 282 more COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 12264.
Click the link to view the full report: https://bit.ly/34dcCws
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).
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