JOHANNESBURG, April 18, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People sit together on a street in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 17, 2020. South Africa registered 178 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, the sharpest rise for a single day since the country recorded its first confirmed case on March 5, according to the Health Ministry. As of 4:00 a.m. Saturday local time, the country reported 2,783 confirmed cases and 50 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. (Photo by Zodidi Mhlana/Xinhua/IANS)