South Africa performed 31 550 tests in the last 24 hours, with 1 465 new cases, which represents a 5% positivity rate.<\/p>\n
This means there are now 1 533 961 infections in the country since the outbreak.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a further 90 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the tally to 51 724.<\/p>\n
According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Limpopo recorded the highest number of latest fatalities after 33 people lost their lives on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The province is followed by 14 deaths in KwaZulu-Natal, 13 in the Western Cape, 12 in Gauteng, 10 in Free State, five in Mpumalanga and three in the 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 added Mkhize.<\/p>\n
In addition, the recovery rate remains at 95% after 1 459 894 people beat Coronavirus, while 22 343 patients are currently infected.<\/p>\n
The information is based on the 9 556 404 tests completed since the first case was reported.<\/p>\n
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are 120 915 219 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2 674 078 deaths.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of 18 March 2021, a total of 363 952 002 vaccine doses have been administered,\u201d the WHO added. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Africa performed 31 550 tests in the last 24 hours, with 1 465 new cases, which represents a 5% positivity rate. This means there are now 1 533 961 infections in the country since the outbreak. Meanwhile, a further 90 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the tally to 51 724. According to Health […]<\/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-183870","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\/183870","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=183870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}