Covid-19 Cases in South Africa Exceed One Mln

Health Ministry at South Africa's announced that covid-19 infections since the first case in March exceeded a million Today, just days after a new faster spreading variant was confirmed in the country. "Today, we have breached one million cumulative cases of COVID-19 in South Africa, with a cumulative total of 1,004,413 cases," the ministry reported.

Meanwhile, many hospitals and medical centres have reported wards overflowing with patients with many healthcare workers cancelling their vacations to tackle a huge influx of patients.

Mediclinic International Plc, among the top three private hospital networks in the country, reported that that a severe rise in cases had placed a very heavy strain on available healthcare resources including staff, equipment and beds to provide intensive treatment for seriously ill patients.

Noteworthy, the number of daily rise in infections has already crossed the July peak when the cases topped just shy of 14,000. Daily infections on Dec. 25 was the highest so far with 14,796 cases. Since the new variant was announced, several countries cancelled flights to the country, pounding the already bruised travel and tourism sector.

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