South Africa has detected more than 3 000 new COVID-19 infections in one day \u2013 for the first time in three months.<\/p>\n
According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, 42 073 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 3 221 new cases, representing a 7.7% positivity rate.<\/p>\n
This means South Africa now has 1 605 252 confirmed cases since the outbreak.<\/p>\n
In addition, the country logged 44 deaths on Thursday, which pushes the tally to 55 012.<\/p>\n
Of the latest fatalities, 19 are from Free State, 13 are from Gauteng, five from the Western Cape, three from KwaZulu-Natal and two each from the Eastern Cape and 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
Meanwhile, the recovery rate now stands at 94.7% after 1 520 878 patients beat SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The Minister said the country is currently home to 29 362 active cases.<\/p>\n
The figures are based on 11 010 999 tests performed to date.<\/p>\n
Mkhize announced that the number of vaccinated healthcare workers have now increased to 455 169.<\/p>\n
Globally, of 13 May 2021, there have been 160 074 267 confirmed global cases of COVID-19 and 3 325 260 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of 12 May 2021, a total of 1 264 164 553 vaccine doses have been administered,\u201d the WHO added. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Africa has detected more than 3 000 new COVID-19 infections in one day \u2013 for the first time in three months. According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, 42 073 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 3 221 new cases, representing a 7.7% positivity rate. This means South Africa now has 1 […]<\/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-188892","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\/188892","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=188892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}