{"id":179832,"date":"2021-02-08T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T08:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/covid-19-claims-110-more-lives\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T08:55:22","slug":"covid-19-claims-110-more-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/covid-19-claims-110-more-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 claims 110 more lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa recorded 110 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, which pushes the death toll to 46&nbsp;290.<\/p>\n<p>Of the latest fatalities, 28 occurred in the Western Cape, 23 in Gauteng, 20 each in the Free State and Mpumalanga, and 10 from KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, eight were in Eastern Cape and one in the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased patients,\u201d said Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest statistics, the country reported 2 436 new infections, bringing the cumulative number of the novel Coronavirus cases identified in the country to 1 476&nbsp;135.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur recoveries now stand at 1 360 204, representing a recovery rate of 92%,\u201d Mkhize said.<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal remains the worst affected province in terms of active cases, which currently stand at 24&nbsp;054.<\/p>\n<p>The province is followed by the Western Cape, with 11&nbsp;303 patients who are currently infected; 8&nbsp;211 in the Free State; 7&nbsp;348 in the North West, and 7&nbsp;227 in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Cape has 3&nbsp;641 active cases, 2&nbsp;897 in the Eastern Cape, 2&nbsp;684 in Mpumalanga and 2&nbsp;276 in Limpopo.<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal continues to rank second in terms of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases countrywide after Gauteng, while it is now the third-highest in terms of fatalities countrywide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The information is based on the 8 495&nbsp;811 tests conducted, 26 055 of which were recorded since the last report.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation is reporting 105&nbsp;394 301 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2&nbsp;302 302 deaths, to date. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa recorded 110 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, which pushes the death toll to 46&nbsp;290. Of the latest fatalities, 28 occurred in the Western Cape, 23 in Gauteng, 20 each in the Free State and Mpumalanga, and 10 from KwaZulu-Natal. Meanwhile, eight were in Eastern Cape and one in the Northern Cape. \u201cWe convey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-179832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}