(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa's new coronary pneumonia deaths exceed 10,000
China News Agency, Johannesburg, August 8 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African Health Minister Mukez announced on the evening of the 8th that there were 301 new deaths from new coronary pneumonia that day, which brought the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in South Africa to 10,210.
So far, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 553,188. According to Mukez, the current recovery rate from COVID-19 in South Africa is 73%, and 404,568 people have recovered. In addition, South Africa has cumulatively tested 3,220,265 people for the new crown pneumonia virus.
Although the epidemic prevention work is still under great pressure, the number of new cases of new crown pneumonia in South Africa in a single day has been below 10,000 consecutively. Gauteng, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape have successively passed the peak of the epidemic. Mukez said that the slowdown in the number of new confirmed cases indicates that the current epidemic prevention measures in South Africa have been effective, and the infection rate of new crown pneumonia in South Africa is actually far lower than the government's expectation. This is related to South Africa's timely "blockade order". This avoided a sharp increase in the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa from March to May, which gave South African medical institutions time to respond to the epidemic. At present, the pressure on medical institutions across South Africa has been eased.
Regarding the progress of South Africa’s anti-epidemic work, Mukez said earlier that as long as the South African people adhere to good prevention and control habits, South Africa will usher in the ultimate victory. In addition, experts sent by the World Health Organization have arrived in South Africa a few days ago to help South Africa jointly fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic. (Finish)