{"id":875,"date":"2020-12-12T20:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T20:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=875"},"modified":"2020-12-12T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T20:05:26","slug":"8-319-new-covid-19-cases-recorded-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/8-319-new-covid-19-cases-recorded-in-sa","title":{"rendered":"8 319 new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town \u2013 A total of 8 319 new Covid-19-related cases were recorded on Friday, said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.<\/p>\n<p>This means a cumulative total of 845 083 Covid-19 cases have been reported. Mkhize has expressed concern over an exponential rise after 6 709 new cases were identified on Wednesday and 8 166 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 205 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported (up from 173 yesterday and 135 on Wednesday): Eastern Cape 96, Free State 10, Gauteng 20, KwaZulu-Natal 20, Limpopo 2, Northern Cape 15 and Western Cape 42, with the province passing the 5 000 mark, joiningGauteng and the Eastern Cape. This brings the total number of deaths to 22 952.<\/p>\n<p>A cumulative total of 5 779 544 tests have been completed, with 44 074 new tests conducted since the last report. The number of recoveries now stand at 758 373.<\/p>\n<p>eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda confirmed on Friday that while the beaches, usually packed with thousands of holidaymakers, will not be closed, events will be banned.<\/p>\n<p>Kaunda said as part of a multidisciplinary campaign, Operation Vala, which aims to protect holidaymakers and residents from crime and the Covid-19 pandemic, measures will be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was working rapidly to issue an emergency use authorisation for Pfizer Inc&#8217;s Covid-19 vaccine, with the first Americans set to be immunised as early as Monday or Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A panel of outside advisers to the FDA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of the vaccine, paving the way for the agency to authorise the shot for a country that has lost more than 285 000 lives to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Britain said on Friday it would cut the self-isolation period for Covid-19 to 10 days from 14, in a change which will apply to both those presumed to have been in contact someone with the virus within the country, and those arriving from abroad.<\/p>\n<p><b>IOL<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Cape Town \u2013 A total of 8 319 new Covid-19-related cases were recorded on Friday, said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. This means a cumulative total of 845 083 Covid-19 cases have been reported. 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