Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Daily Update: 7 September 2020

Situational analysis
WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) Dashboard. Data last updated 6 Septmber 2020
Globally, as of 2:14pm CEST, 6 September 2020, there have been 26,763,217 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 876,616 deaths,
reported to WHO.

Confirmed cases

DeathsTotalTotal

Globally

26 763 217

876 616Africa1 083 152484 079

Americas

14 001 390

22 929Eastern Med

1 996 246

52 710Europe

4 475 267

222 279

Sout East Asia

4 689 943

83 400Western Pacific

516 47811 206

Region609773

South Africa:(National Department of Health statistics on 6 September 2020)
Total Cases

Percentage

DeathsRecoveries

14 889563 891

South Africa

638 517

Eastern Cape86 849

13.6%

2 986

82 233

Free State39 781

6.2%

785

27 129Gauteng

212 898

33.3%

3 813

187 301

KwaZulu-Natal

114 824

18%

2 294

101 989

Limpopo13 7342.2%

214

12 782

Mpumalanga

25 076

3.9%416

23 610

North West26 245

4.1%

275

21 033

Northern Cape

11 923

1.8%

145

8 717

Western Cape107 187

16.8%

3 961

99 097

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

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