JULY 2020 - COVID UPDATE

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A million SA learners were set to return to school before end of July but A week before Grades R, 1, 2, 3 and 11 learners were due to go back to school on Monday 6 July, the Department of Basic Education released a statement announcing that only Grade R, 6 and 11 learners would return to school on that day.

By Sunday 5 July, South Africa had 196,750 Covid-19 confirmed cases. Since the return of Grade 7 and Grade 12 learners, 2,740 teachers, of the total of about 440,000 teachers, had tested positive for the virus.

In an effort to minimise the number of learners at school at the same time, most schools were teaching Grade 7 and Grade 12 learners on alternative days.

 On 30 July there were a cumulative total of 482,169 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa with 7812 deaths. he number of recoveries currently stands at 309 601 which translates to a recovery rate of 64%.  Worldwide there have been 17.5 million cases.

The majority of deaths are in older people and people with existing conditions like heart or lung problems, obesity, diabetes, hypertension etc.  




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