Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Daily Update: 31 August 2020

Situational analysis
WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) Dashboard. Data last updated 30 August 2020
Globally, as of 12:47pm CEST, 30 August 2020, there have been 24,854,140 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 838,924 deaths,
reported to WHO.

Confirmed cases

DeathsTotalTotal

Globally

24 854 140

838 924

Africa1 044 513

21 722

Americas

13 138 912

461 754

Eastern Med

1 903 547

50 466

Europe4 205 708

219 131

Sout East Asia

4 073 148

75 276

Western Pacific487 571

10 562Region

609773

South Africa:(National Department of Health statistics on 30 August 2020)
Total Cases

Percentage

DeathsRecoveries

14 028538 604

South Africa

625 056

Eastern Cape86 060

13.7%

2 876

81 373

Free State37 557

5.9%

693

23 092Gauteng

209 648

33.5%

3 572

181 299

KwaZulu-Natal

112 726

18%

2 138

95 653

Limpopo13 167

2.1%

179

12 103

Mpumalanga

24 1323.8%

341

22 563

North West25 2404%240

18 492

Northern Cape

10 568

1.6%

120

6 972

Western Cape105 908

16.9%

3 869

97 057

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

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