Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Daily Update: 14 September 2020

Situational analysis
WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) Dashboard. Data last updated 13 Septmber 2020
Globally, as of 1:41pm CEST, 13 September 2020, there have been 28,637,952 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 917,417 deaths,
reported to WHO.

Confirmed cases

DeathsTotalTotal

Globally

28 637 952

917 417

Africa1 116 321

23 916

Americas

14 699 174

508 705

Eastern Med

2 101 676

55 012Europe4 796 426

225 494

Sout East Asia

5 377 062

92 391

Western Pacific546 552

11 886

Region609773

South Africa:(National Department of Health statistics on 13 September 2020)
Total Cases

Percentage

DeathsRecoveries

15 447577 906

South Africa

649 793

Eastern Cape87 415

13.5%

3 047

82 842

Free State41 8756.4%

817

27 606

Gauteng

215 140

33.1%

3 918

190 761

KwaZulu-Natal

116 389

17.9%

2 407

106 399

Limpopo14 1832.2%

258

13 313

Mpumalanga

25 7504%466

24 401

North West27 2194.2%

310

21 673

Northern Cape

13 3912.1%

165

10 196

Western Cape108 431

16.7%

4 059

100 715

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

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