JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's cases of
COVID-19 crossed 300,000 on Wednesday, the most in Africa and
amongst the top 10 in the world.
Africa's most industrialised nation recorded a rise of
12,757 cases on Wednesday to reach 311,049 confirmed COVID-19
cases, its health ministry said in a late evening statement, a
little over four months since the first case was confirmed in
the country.
It has tested 2,278,127 people so far and has seen a total
of 160,693 recoveries and 4,453 deaths, the statement said.