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One year on: #Covid-19 by the numbers

5 Mar 2021

Friday, 5 March, marked the first anniversary of the first Covid-19 case identified in South Africa. How the world has changed since then.

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#BREAKINGNEWS: First case of #Covid-19 in South Africa

5 Mar 2020

It’s been a roller coaster ride, ever since.

In less than a month after the first diagnosis, we were heading for hard lockdown..

Ramaphosa announces nationwide lockdown

24 Mar 2020

One year on

>1,5-million cases
>9,000,000 tests
50,000 recorded Covid-deaths
150,000 excess deaths
>1.4-million recoveries
Two waves
Discovery of the so-called South African variant - 501Y.V2
92,029 vaccines administered to frontline workers
Two-million jobs were lost

Despite the turmoil, suffering and disruption in 2020, South Africans showed their resilience when faced with hard times. And with the subsidence of the second wave and the Sisonke vaccine programme starting to gather momentum, there are glimmers of hope for the future.

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Nicci Botha has been wordsmithing for more than 20 years, covering just about every subject under the sun and then some. She's strung together words on sustainable development, maritime matters, mining, marketing, medical, lifestyle... and that elixir of life - chocolate. Nicci has worked for local and international media houses including Primedia, Caxton, Lloyd's and Reuters. Her new passion is digital media.