A total of 24 920 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, with 934 new cases reported, representing a 4% positivity rate.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a further 139 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the tally to 51 560 to date.<\/p>\n
Limpopo recorded the highest number of deaths after 57 people succumbed to the infectious disease on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The province is followed by Gauteng which recorded 29 deaths, there were 20 in KwaZulu-Natal, 13 in Free State, nine in the Western Cape, six in Mpumalanga, three in the Northern Cape and two in Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased,\u201d said Mkhize.<\/p>\n
In addition, there are currently 21 405 people who are infected, with KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng, having the most recorded active cases.<\/p>\n
The recovery rate is holding steady at 95% after 1 458 001 patients beat Coronavirus.<\/p>\n
The cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 9 490 435.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the number of healthcare workers vaccinated has now risen to 157 286 as of 16 March.<\/p>\n
Globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said there are 119 960 700 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2 656 822 deaths.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of 16 March 2021, a total of 326 858 656 vaccine doses have been administered,\u201d the WHO added. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A total of 24 920 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, with 934 new cases reported, representing a 4% positivity rate. Meanwhile, a further 139 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the tally to 51 560 to date. Limpopo recorded the highest number of deaths […]<\/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-183617","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\/183617","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=183617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}