Six mineworkers have succumbed to coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, Minerals Council South Africa said on Thursday. Back at work so far and screened daily are 272 770 mineworkers, on which 16 994 tests have been conducted, yielding 1 796 positive Covid cases and 666 recoveries, Minerals Council South Africa health head Dr Thuthula Balfour said during a virtual Covid update media briefing in which Mining Weekly participated. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)
