The death toll from Covid-19 is edging towards the 1 000 mark - recorded as 998 on Sunday evening.All nine provinces have now recorded a death after Mpumalanga recorded its first one.Recoveries or non-active cases stood at 24 364 of the 48 285 cases.Mpumalanga has recorded its first Covid-19 death as current cases neared 50…
Photo: ShutterstockOn Wednesday, for the first time since March 12, NYC reported no new deaths from COVID-19. To put that number into perspective, during the peak in mid-April, NYC reported an average of 500 deaths a day. This is encouraging news, and worth celebrating. Preventative measures—closing businesses, the public adopting physical distancing habits, an increase…
Top Stories EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Department of Public Health announced 197 new coronavirus cases and 1 additional death. That's the largest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic reached El Paso. The death toll now stands at 89. Health officials identified the victim as a man in his 40s with underlying health…
nt deployed a team of health workers to the Stjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg to test people for Covid-19. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images) South Africa has recorded 1 716 new Covid-19 cases, bringing total to 32 683. Another 40 deaths have also been recorded, taking the the total to 683, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in…
The United States recorded over a thousand deaths in a single day. The country leads the world in coronavirus deaths alongside Italy, Britain and France.US President Donald Trump cut ties with the World Health Organisation in the middle of the pandemic.Brazil surpassed Spain's death toll on Friday. It also has the second highest number of…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…