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South Africa's coronavirus cases nearly double in 2 days

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 7:27 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa became Africa’s new coronavirus focus of concern on Wednesday as cases nearly doubled to 116 from two days before. The country with the most cases in sub-Saharan Africa said 14 of the new ones were from local transmission — and six were in children under 10.

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