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With novel coronavirus infections setting a single-day national record Wednesday, health experts are taking little solace from one of the few bright spots in the current resurgence: Deaths are not rising in lockstep with caseloads.But that may be just a matter of time.“Deaths always lag considerably behind cases,” Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease…

City of Tshwane Health officials seen during a testing drive for the coronavirus in Pretoria in early June. Latest modelling estimates that ICU bed capacities in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape will be exceeded by end of June.Modelling update estimates 408 000 Covid-19 cases and 7 440 deaths by mid-July.The models should be interpreted…

Medical staff, wearing protective gear, move a patient infected with the coronavirus from an ambulance to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Covid-19-related deaths rise to 1 831 nationally.About 1 260 434 tests have been conducted, with 87 715 total positive cases as of Friday.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said 60 deaths were reported…

One of the nation's leading voices on cancer predicts the number of people who will die from breast or colorectal cancer in the U.S. will increase by nearly 10,000 over the next decade because of COVID-19's impact on oncology care."There can be no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing delayed diagnosis and suboptimal care…

Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as make shift morgues at Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 09, 2020 in New York City.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesA coronavirus model once cited by the White House now projects more than 200,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 by Oct. 1, as new…