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It took 28 days for Minnesota to lose 121 people to COVID-19. It took just seven more for the count to double. State health officials announced 23 more deaths Saturday, pushing the statewide total to 244 since the first Minnesotan to die from the virus was reported March 21. People living in long-term care facilities…

The Covid-19 death toll has risen to 86 after seven more deaths were reported, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Saturday evening.Four were recorded in the Eastern Cape, two in the Western Cape and one in Limpopo.The number of confirmed positive cases nationally also increased by 141, with 4 361 people testing positive for the virus.Mkhize…

Lockdown curfew from 1 MayThe department added 7 757 people, who were in contact with those who tested positive, have been traced.Of those, 4 223 have completed the 14-day monitoring period with no symptoms of Covid-19 manifesting. They are now out of self-isolation.BreakdownBreaking the Gauteng infections down by district, Johannesburg is still the hardest hit metro in…

What should take 10-15 years, the global scientific community hopes to cram into months. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there are 70 vaccines in the works for COVID-19, four of the most promising are already being tested. The billions being spent now could help return the economy back to normality. There is no guarantee…

The rate of Covid-19 infections is lower than the global one, according to the acting director-general of the Department of Health, Dr Anban Pillay.At a press briefing on Saturday with Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel, Pillay said currently, the trend suggested about 3% of people,…