28 December, 2020
South Africa has become the first country to surpass one million coronavirus cases from the continent.
The total number of cases is at 1 004 413 in South Africa according to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University.
The authorities have confirmed that there is a steady increase of cases few days after the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus which was detected in South Africa.
Earlier this week, the UK banned travel from South Africa because of the new variant while another new Covid-19 variant was detected in UK.
Source- BBC