Health Ministry: Record daily death toll due to post-mortem result delays A staggering 844 more people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 related complications - more than half of them died in the Eastern Cape. Emergency paramedics wearing a full COVID-19 coronavirus personal protective equipment (PPE) transfer an empty gurney to an ambulance at the Greenacres Hospital in Port Elizabeth, on 10 July 2020. Picture: AFP 92 days ago JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has reached a new record number of casualties, with almost 22,000 new COVID-19 infections picked up over the past 24 hours - pushing our known caseload to almost 1,150,000. A staggering 844 more people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 related complications - more than half of them died in the Eastern Cape.