A total of 16 445 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours with 510 new cases confirmed, which represents a 3% positivity rate.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a further 55 COVID-19 related fatalities have been reported, bringing the death toll to 52 251.<\/p>\n
According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the North West recorded the highest number of deaths after 25 people succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The province is followed by the Free State with 11 deaths, six in the Eastern Cape, five in KwaZulu-Natal and four in the Western 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
Also, the recovery rate now stands at 95% after 1 465 204 people beat COVID-19, while there are 21 506 patients who are currently infected.<\/p>\n
The information is based on the 9 665 664 tests conducted since the outbreak.<\/p>\n
In addition, the number of healthcare workers vaccinated as of 23 March is 194 257.<\/p>\n
Globally, there have been 123 419 065 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2 719 163 deaths reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 397 950 709 vaccine doses have been administered as of 20 March 2021.<\/p>\n
Global view<\/strong><\/p>\n According to WHO, COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to rise for a fourth consecutive week, with just under 3.3 million new infections reported in the last week.<\/p>\n The number of new deaths reported \u201cplateaued\u201d after a six-week decrease, with just over 60 000 new fatalities reported.<\/p>\n The organisation said the peak in the number of new cases was reported in South-East Asia, Western Pacific, European and Eastern Mediterranean regions, which have been on an upward trajectory in recent weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cCase incidence in the African region and the region of the Americas has remained stable in recent weeks, notwithstanding concerning trends observed in some countries within these regions.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition, the European and Americas regions continue to account for nearly 80% of all the cases and deaths.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only WHO region to report a decline in new deaths this week was the Western Pacific, where deaths fell by nearly a third, compared to the previous week.\u201d<\/p>\n The highest numbers of new cases were reported from Brazil (508 010 new cases, a 3% increase), the United States (374 369 new cases, 19% decrease), India (240 082 new cases, 62% increase), France (204 840 new cases, 27% increase), and Italy (154 493 new cases, similar to the previous week).<\/p>\n Variant 501Y.V2<\/strong><\/p>\n The 501Y.V2 variant, first discovered in South Africa, has been reported in 11 additional countries since last week \u2013 totalling 75 countries across all six WHO regions.<\/p>\n \u201cIn several areas within the African region, variant 501Y.V2 has been reported to comprise a high proportion of sequenced samples, including over 90% of sequenced specimens in some settings,\u201d the WHO said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A total of 16 445 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours with 510 new cases confirmed, which represents a 3% positivity rate. Meanwhile, a further 55 COVID-19 related fatalities have been reported, bringing the death toll to 52 251. According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the North West recorded the highest number […]<\/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-184274","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\/184274","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=184274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}