South Africa records 566 new COVID-19 cases & 11 more deaths
There’s been a spike in South Africa’s daily COVID-19 infections, with 566 tests coming back positive over the past 24 hours. This has taken the country’s known caseload since the start of the pandemic to 2.9 million.
Sadly, 11 more people have also died, taking the country’s death toll to a grim 89,515.
To date, 24 .3 million vaccines have been administered in the country but many people still need to go and get their second Pfizer jabs. The government had set the target of inoculating at least 30 million people or 70% of the population by New Year’s Eve.
As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in SA is 2 926 914 with 566 new cases reported. Today 11 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 89 515 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 2 820 514 with a recovery rate of 96,4% pic.twitter.com/N9DlfjBnMR
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) November 17, 2021
-EWN
In other news – Agnes (Millicent Makhado) from Muvhango attacked after revealing what happened when she was shopping
Actress Millicent Makhado has received a lot of backlash on social media after she revealed people still refer to her as Agnes today, even though she left the popular TV show Muvhango years ago.
“Yesterday, I was doing shopping and I kept hearing ‘Agnes, Agnes, Agnes’, until I paid attention to the voice. Kanti this lady was referring to me. I’m not surprised Sonia is being addressed as Ntombi,” she shared. Learn More
