S Africa registers record high in daily coronavirus cases at 8,728

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S Africa registers record high in daily coronavirus cases at 8,728

Friday, 03 July 2020 | AP | Johannesburg

S Africa registers record high in daily coronavirus cases at 8,728

South Africa on Friday confirmed another record high number of daily virus cases with 8,728 as anxiety grows in Johannesburg, the country's latest hot spot.

The city has more than 22,000 cases and Gauteng province, which also includes the capital, Pretoria, now has nearly 30 per cent of the country's cases.

South Africa has Africa's most confirmed cases with more than 168,000.

The country has the most developed health care system in sub-Saharan Africa and in places it's already pushed near the limit, with more than 2,000 health care workers infected and beds in Gauteng's public hospitals filling up.

 

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