South Africa has recorded 2,646 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the number of known cases since the start of the outbreak to 765,409.
According to the Department of Health, 86 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported, bringing the national death toll to 20,845.
“Of the 86 deaths, 22 reportedly occurred in the past 48 hours: 13 in the Eastern Cape, one in KwaZulu-Natal, eight in the Western Cape,” the department said in a statement on Saturday.
On the recovery front, 707,784 people had recuperated so far.
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 21 November.
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As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 765 409, the total number of deaths is 20 845 and the total number of recoveries is 707 784. pic.twitter.com/CBe7sGp18k
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) November 21, 2020
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Unathi is not taking it likely with people who criticize women for participating in the #JohnVuliGateChallenge. The star, however, took to her social media to share a video where she slammed the pastor who criticized women.
Unathi mentioned she participated in the challenge and she sees nothing wrong with it. She called out Pastor Jadezweni after he claimed that women were enticing men by dancing seductively to the trending song titled John Vuli Gate. Learn More
