COVID-19 statistics, South Africa

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-	25 Feb \| South African medical schemes may no longer need to subsidise COVID vaccines - executives

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Newsnodes	2 Dec 2020, 20:52 South Africa has completed revising the test data. They did a small revision and they have published data for the previous days in which no test numbers were released. Source: twitter.com
Newsnodes	30 Nov 2020, 20:36 South Africa has stopped publishing numbers about coronavirus testing. The latest official explanation was that this is due to 'datasets being cleaned'. Source: twitter.com
Newsnodes	18 Oct 2020, 22:16 Still no updates from South Africa, as the South African minister of Health announces he has contracted the coronavirus himself. Source: twitter.com
Newsnodes	24 Apr 2020, 21:19 Test data and test chart have been added for South Africa!
Newsnodes	24 Apr 2020, 20:48 Clarification: South Africa reports on 'people tested'. In the April 18 report they publish both numbers to illustrate the difference (108021 persons vs 123008 samples): sacoronavirus.co.za
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LATEST NEWSNODES DATA

	CONFIRMED CASES
	1520206 in total	( +1140) daily average*
	REPORTED DEATHS
	50647 in total	( +101) daily average*
	PERSONS TESTED
	9236503 in total	( +25980) daily average*
test data provided by: Newsnodes, Nono

Latest update: 6 March, 22:44 CET
*) The daily average increase is the average number of new cases/deaths/tests reported in the last 7 days.

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SOUTH AFRICA DATA

Daily reporting time:
~21:30hrs CET

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Please note: the regional charts comparing South Africa with neighbouring countries in Southern Africa have been moved to the region page of Southern Africa.

NEW CONFIRMED CASES PER DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)

Data range: 10 Feb '21 - 6 Mar '215 Mar '20 - 6 Mar '21

NEW DEATHS PER DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)

Data range: 10 Feb '21 - 6 Mar '215 Mar '20 - 6 Mar '21

PERSONS TESTED PER DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)

Data range: 7 Feb '21 - 6 Mar '2128 Mar '20 - 6 Mar '21		© newsnodes.com

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TABLE: COVID-19 DATA FOR SOUTH AFRICA

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