The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
South Africa exceeds U.K. in confirmed virus cases
South Africa has surpassed the UK in its number of confirmed coronavirus cases. That’s according to a health ministry statement and data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
South Africa now has the world’s eighth highest number of confirmed cases with 298,292.
President Cyril Ramaphosa this week said the country is now “confronted by the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy.”