Coronavirus – South Africa: COVID-19 update for South Africa (20 December 2020)
21 December 2020 |
12:00 pm
COVID-19 Update: A total of 40466 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 9446 new cases. We report 152 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 24691. Click here to view report: https://buff.ly/3h3mUUeDistributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).
COVID-19 Update: A total of 40466 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 9446 new cases. We report 152 more COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 24691.
Click here to view report: https://buff.ly/3h3mUUe
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).
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