Health Dept: SA recorded over 2k new COVID-19 infections and 85 more fatalities

BRITS – The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa now stands at 657,627 after 2,055 more infections were recorded in the last 24-hour cycle.The total number of deaths since the virus was first detected in South Africa now stands at 15,857.Gauteng has the most fatalities with 62 deaths reported. Nine were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, seven in the Western Cape, Five in the Eastern Cape and two in the Northern Cape.

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday that the country will be moving to alert level 1 of the national lockdown, thus easing many of the restrictions to allow for more economic and social activity.South Africa is preparing to welcome international travellers from 1 October, but Dlamini-Zuma warned that there would be travel restriction on countries experiencing surges in the number of COVID-19 infections.

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