{"id":169370,"date":"2020-10-20T08:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T06:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-covid-19-death-toll-rise-to-18-492\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T08:58:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T06:58:58","slug":"sa-covid-19-death-toll-rise-to-18-492","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-covid-19-death-toll-rise-to-18-492\/","title":{"rendered":"SA COVID-19 death toll rise to 18 492"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa recorded 61&nbsp;more<strong> <\/strong>COVID-19 related deaths on Monday, bringing the death toll to 18&nbsp;492.<\/p>\n<p>Of the latest fatalities, 21 are from the Eastern Cape, 19 from the Free State, eight from the Western Cape, six from the Northern Cape, three each from KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, and one from Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe extend our condolences to the loved ones of the departed, and thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased patients,\u201d said Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 635&nbsp;257 patients have recuperated, which translates to a recovery rate of 90%.<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative number of detected COVID-19 cases is 705&nbsp;254, after 1 461 new infections were identified since the last report.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhize has since corrected a typographical error, which occurred on Sunday when the total number of deaths was recorded in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[On Sunday], we reported a cumulative total of 3 176 deaths for KwaZulu-Natal. We wish to correct this. This was a typographical error which occurred when the total number was recorded, following verification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We therefore confirm that [the] total number of deaths for KwaZulu Natal was&nbsp;3 136. This means the total number of deaths nationally for 18 October 2020 was&nbsp;18 431.&nbsp;We apologise for this error.&#8221; \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa recorded 61&nbsp;more COVID-19 related deaths on Monday, bringing the death toll to 18&nbsp;492. Of the latest fatalities, 21 are from the Eastern Cape, 19 from the Free State, eight from the Western Cape, six from the Northern Cape, three each from KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, and one from Mpumalanga. \u201cWe extend our condolences to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-169370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}