Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Daily Update: 9 September 2020

Situational analysis
WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) Dashboard. Data last updated 8 Septmber 2020
Globally, as of 10:30am CEST, 9 September 2020, there have been 27,417,497 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 894,241 deaths,
reported to WHO.

Confirmed cases

DeathsTotalTotal

Globally

27 417 497

894 241Africa1 092 149

23 261

Americas

14 257 006

495 665

Eastern Med

2 040 265

53 749Europe4 536 086

223 056

Sout East Asia

4 964 948

87 089Western Pacific526 30211 408

Region609773

South Africa:(National Department of Health statistics on 8 September 2020)
Total Cases

Percentage

DeathsRecoveries

15 086567 729

South Africa

640 441

Eastern Cape86 926

13.6%

3 007

82 842

Free State40 154

6.3%

798

27 129Gauteng

213 333

33.3%

3 833

188 367

KwaZulu-Natal

115 081

18%

2 346

102 474

Limpopo13 797

2.2%

257

12 952

Mpumalanga

25 1983.9%416

23 917

North West26 3994.1%

285

21 530

Northern Cape

12 222

1.9%

150

8 956

Western Cape107 331

16.8%

3 994

99 562Visit: www.sacoronavirus.co.za for the latest updates. SA Tourism will make updates available on www.southafrica.net.

SOUTH AFRICA NEWSTOURISM RELATED ARTICLES•••••

51% GDP slump – ‘Open borders for growth’. The tourism industry has the power and potential to reignite South
Africa’s ailing economy, but to do so it’s going to need more than support from domestic travellers. Government
needs to give the green light for reopening borders‘Regional borders could reopen soon’ – Should the current downward trend of new COVID-19 infections in South

Africa continue – and be sustained – government could fast-track the reopening of regional borders, said Minister ofTourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane

Johannesburg will be promoting tourism activities during Tourism Month, through Joburg Tourism’s campaign,‘Welcome2Joburg – A City Reimagined’

Eastern Cape reveals multi-million-rand tourism projects to entice travelers to province
Mount Grace is reopening, as are more Tsogo Sun hotels

GENERAL COVID-19 RELATED ARTICLES•••••Emirates returns R23.6bn to customers in Covid-related refunds

Clinical trials of one of the most advanced experimental COVID-19 vaccines, which is being developed bypharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University, were “paused” on Tuesday after a volunteer developed
an unexplained illness

SA’S COVID-19 RECOVERY RATE HOLDS STEADY AT 88.6% AS 1,079 NEW CASES CONFIRMED. The recovery
rate is holding steady at 88.6% at meaning over 567,000 people have so far recovered

Provincial government officials said that three weeks into alert level two of South Africa’s lockdown and with morebusinesses operating, there has not been an uptick in new cases being reported

As South Africa slowly overcomes its Covid-19 infections peak, experts have warned that now is the time to remainvigilant, to avoid a flare-up in cases

GLOBAL NEWS••••

German airline resumes Namibia flights: With Namibian borders opening on September 1, the Lufthansa Group hasannounced that – subject to all necessary government approvals being granted – Eurowings will once again serve
Windhoek with three weekly flights from Frankfurt

Zimbabwe opens for tourism October 1. The Zimbabwe Cabinet yesterday approved the opening of Zimbabwe’sairports for domestic traffic from tomorrow, September 10, and for international travel on October 1
UK court okays Virgin recap

England has banned social gatherings with more than six people in an effort to curb growing coronavirus cases, theBBC reported

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