A total of 21 776 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 880 new cases confirmed, representing a 4% positivity rate.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 51 more people died on Tuesday, bringing the total COVID-19 fatalities to 54 237 to date.<\/p>\n
According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, 20 fatalities were recorded in Gauteng, 11 in the Western Cape, nine in KwaZulu-Natal, six in the Eastern Cape, three in the Free State and two in the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased patients,\u201d said Mkhize.<\/p>\n
The cumulative recoveries remain at 95% after 1 502 986 patients recuperated, while the country has 19 977 active cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe number of tests conducted to date is 10 567 593,\u201d the Minister added.<\/p>\n
Globally, as of 27 April 2021, there have been 147 539 302 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 3 116 444 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n
Global view<\/strong><\/p>\n Globally, new COVID-19 cases increased for the ninth consecutive week, with nearly 5.7 million new infections reported in the last week \u2013 surpassing previous peaks.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, according to the WHO, the number of new deaths increased for the sixth consecutive week, with over 87\u202f000 new fatalities reported.<\/p>\n \u201cThis week, all regions are reporting decreases in case incidence apart from the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.\u201d <\/p>\n While a number of countries in the region are reporting upward trends, the WHO said India accounts for the vast majority of cases from this regional trend and 38% of global cases reported in the past week.<\/p>\n \u201cSimilarly, all but two regions, South-East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean reported declines in new deaths this week.\u201d<\/p>\n The highest numbers of new cases were reported from India (2 172 063 new cases, 52% increase), the United States (406 001 new cases, 15% decrease), Brazil (404 623 new cases, 12% decrease), Turkey (378 771 new cases, 9% decrease), and France (211 674 new cases, 9% decrease). \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A total of 21 776 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 880 new cases confirmed, representing a 4% positivity rate. Meanwhile, 51 more people died on Tuesday, bringing the total COVID-19 fatalities to 54 237 to date. According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, 20 fatalities were recorded in Gauteng, 11 […]<\/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-187363","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\/187363","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=187363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}