RAZINA MUNSHI: Covid-19: reason to hope?
It is far too early to hope for a speedy return to our old way of life. What happens next really depends on how you and I react to these early hopeful signals
11 August 2020 - 07:00
On July 24, a little more than two weeks ago, SA recorded 13,944 new daily Covid-19 infections. This Sunday night, that figure fell to less than half that: 6,670.
Weekly stats show a similar trend. Average daily infections recorded between July 10 and 16 come in at 12,269, making it the worst week in SA’s epidemic. Between August 7 and today, average daily positive cases fell to 7,225...
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