The South African Medical Research Council says the country has recorded its highest single week increase in the number of deaths. The latest Medical Research Council report on the number of deaths showed that from 30 December 2020 to 5 January this year, 20 063 deaths were recorded. This figure exceeds the pre-dic-ted number of deaths by 131%, resulting in an excess of 10 907 deaths from natural causes among persons.

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Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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South Africa has recorded its 3 most deadly Covid-19 days on consecutive days this week, as the number of confirmed fatalities has climbed to 35 852. Since the beginning of the year, according to TimesLive, the number of recorded deaths has climbed from 28,887 on January 1 to yesterday’s figure of 35,852 – an increase of 6,965 deaths. The country has recorded more than 500 deaths in a 24-hour period six times since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, with five of them coming since January 5.
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Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says in the latest monitoring period, 712 Covid-19 related fatalities have been recorded in the past 24 hours. This comes after 806 deaths were announced on Wednesday, and 755 deaths on Tuesday. This means that 2 273 people have been confirmed to have died from Covid-19 related illnesses in just three days. Mkhize says 18 503 new Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the recovery rate is 80,9%.

Australians helping SA kids learn to swim

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