Mortuary assistant Doreen Mashaba prepares a coffin, 6 July 2021, at Collinge and Co Funeral Directors in Fourways. Picture for illustration: Michel Bega/The Citizen
On Sunday night, the department of health confirmed that a further 170 people had died of Covid-19, taking the official death toll to 79,421, although the unofficial figures based on unnatural deaths are far higher.
Feel free to take a look at some of the other stats about the pandemic below.
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