South Africa Records Two COVID-19 Deaths As Numbers Hit 1000
27 March 2020
South Africa has recorded its first COVID-19 related deaths after two people succumbed to the deadly virus yesterday.
According to South Africa’s health minister Dr Zwelini Mkhize, the two deaths were recorded in Western Cape, one at a Private and one at public hospital.
Mkhize added that the numbers have since tipped 1000 from yesterday’s 927.
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