{"id":25453,"date":"2020-07-19T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T19:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=25453"},"modified":"2020-07-19T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T19:17:20","slug":"south-africa-now-5th-worst-affected-country-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-now-5th-worst-affected-country-in-the-world","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Now 5th Worst-Affected Country In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has risen to the fifth position on the global COVID-19 list of infections having recorded over 300 000 confirmed coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng leads with over a hundred cases followed by the Western Cape 60 976 cases. South Africa has since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.pindula.co.zw\/2020\/07\/10\/south-africa-prepares-over-a-million-graves-for-covid-19-victims-as-death-toll-rises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prepared over one million graves<\/a>\u00a0for coronavirus victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>The United States tops the list with 3 544 143 followed by Brazil (2 046 328), India (1 077 618), Russia (771 546), South Africa (350 879) \u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.who.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Word Health Organisation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"OI2RVEag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has risen to the fifth position on the global COVID-19 list of infections having recorded over 300 000 confirmed coronavirus cases. Gauteng leads with over a hundred cases followed by the Western Cape 60 976 cases. South Africa has since\u00a0prepared over one million graves\u00a0for coronavirus victims. 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