Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Daily Update: 18 September 2020

Situational analysis
WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) Dashboard. Data last updated 17 Septmber 2020
Globally, as of 3:35pm CEST, 17 September 2020, there have been 29,737,453 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 937,391 deaths,
reported to WHO.

Confirmed cases

Deaths

Total

Total

Globally

29 737 453

937 391

Africa1 131 482

24 400Americas

15 095 402

518 459

Eastern Med

2 165 227

56 494

Europe5 011 212

227 971

Sout East Asia

5 768 599

97 650Western Pacific564 790

12 404

Region609773

South Africa:(National Department of Health statistics on 17 September 2020)
Total Cases

Percentage

DeathsRecoveries

15 772585 303

South Africa

655 572

Eastern Cape

87 776

13.4%

3 058

83 629

Free State43 041

6.6%

838

28 759Gauteng

216 341

33%

3 960

192 081

KwaZulu-Natal

117 147

17.9%

2 469

107 732

Limpopo14 4442.2%

344

13 511

Mpumalanga

26 1044%496

24 675

North West27 721

4.2%

325

22 948

Northern Cape

14 0032.1%

182

10 516

Western Cape108 995

16.6%

4 100

101 452

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

SOUTH AFRICA NEWSTOURISM RELATED ARTICLES•

It’s time to travel again… SA Tourism will launch its new television campaign tonight (September 17) focused on•‘SA’s international tourist summer season may just have been saved’

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inviting people to travel as well as reinforcing health and safety protocols in the travel sector
SA’s international borders to open Oct 1

Latest Changes on Travelinfo (17 Sep’20)

What to expect at the airport when you take an international flight

Why South Africans should support domestic travel during level 1

Flights out of SA are popping up fast – and going pretty cheap. Even from Cape Town

Even with open borders, SA remains red-listed by many countries, and tourists may not come

GENERAL COVID-19 RELATED ARTICLES•WHO commends SA on declining Covid-19 infections•

The Health Ministry said that 2,128 new infections were picked up over the past day, pushing the number of known•••

Covid-19 wrap | Global coronavirus cases surpass 30 million - Reuters tallycases in this country to over 655,000

GOOD IMMUNE RESPONSES TO COVID-19 WILL BENEFIT WHOLE COUNTRY - SAMRC’S GRAY

While South Africa’s alcohol industry has welcomed the move to Level 1 it has raised concerns about continued

restrictions for off-consumption sales of alcohol

GLOBAL NEWS
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Air France and KLM are set to resume their commercial South African flight schedule from October 1, 2020

WTM London will be entirely virtual this November. WTM Virtual will take place from November 9-11, offering

delegates the chance to arrange one-on-one virtual meetings to do business, attend conference sessions androundtables, take part in speed networking and more. There will be four virtual theatres to host webinars and debates
Switzerland just put South Africa on its ‘green list’ - no quarantine needed for travelers
British Airways is fighting for survival and burning through R420m a day, its CEO says
Namibia to allow international travel, lift Covid-19 state of emergency

Zimbabwe has an ambitious plan for domestic tourism - but who’s paying for it?

Further updates or information, please email mediaq@southafrica.net