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South Africa Reports 9,126 New COVID-19 Infections

by PH December 18, 2020, 11:13 am

A doctor dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) prepares a swab to test a patient for Covid-19 at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday, April 24, 2020. The East African country enforced a curfew as part of measures to reduce the risk of contagion amid fears that Covid-19 patients will overrun its health system. Photographer: Patrick Meinhardt/Bloomberg via Getty Images

South Africa on Thursday reported 9,126 new coronavirus cases, taking the national tally to 892,813, the country’s health department reported.

Meanwhile, 184 more COVID-19 deaths were recorded, taking the country’s death toll from the disease to 24,011.

The news comes just one day after the country recorded more than 10,000 new cases on Wednesday.

Countries across the continent are now bracing for the consequences of a second wave of infections, even as developed countries in the West stock up on limited supplies of new vaccines.