South Africa tops 60,000 coronavirus deaths

South Africa tops 60,000 coronavirus deaths
Tue, Jun 29, 2021
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa, the worst virus-hit country in the continent, on Monday crossed the threshold of 60,000 coronavirus deaths, health officials announced, a day after a stricter lockdown was enforced.
"A further 138 covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 60,038 to date," the National Institute for Communicable Diseases tweeted on Monday.
At least 512 new hospital admissions were reported on Monday, pushing the total number of hospitalised people to 11,801.
"The condition of the patient is so much worse," than the first two waves, Elsabe Conradie, chief executive and doctor at eMalahleni Private Hospital east of Johannesburg told AFP Monday.

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