Dr Zweli Mkhize, Health Minister said there’s been a constant increase of the recovery rate and is a positive sign, but South Africa is sneaking away from the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He made his statement at the release of the UNDP’s Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on South Africa.
As it stands now, South Africa has 592,144 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
The recovery rate is at 82 percent, while recoveries stand at 485,468.
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