SA records 12 271 new COVID-19 cases and 498 more deaths

The Health Department confirmed almost 500 more people have died of COVID-19 in South Africa, taking the death toll to over 40,000.

The number of confirmed cases is up by 12,271, taking the total number of infections in SA to over 1.4-million.

The country has recorded more than 1.2-million recoveries at a recovery rate of almost 87 percent.

As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 1 404 839 , the total number of deaths is 40 574 and the total number of recoveries is 1 217 492. pic.twitter.com/ipxkCbituv

— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) January 23, 2021

-eNCA

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