{"id":191210,"date":"2021-06-07T09:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T07:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-logs-5-074-new-covid-19-cases\/"},"modified":"2021-06-07T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T07:02:54","slug":"sa-logs-5-074-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-logs-5-074-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA logs 5 074 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202106\/snipnurses.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has recorded over 5&nbsp;000 new COVID-19 cases for five days in a row, bringing the total number of infections to 1 696&nbsp;564.<\/p>\n<p>This is after South Africa detected 5 074 new infections on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the death toll has now increased to 56 974 after 45 people succumbed to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Of the latest fatalities, 16 are from Free State, 15 from the Northern Cape, six from the Western Cape, one from KwaZulu-Natal, while the rest of the province recorded zero deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the healthcare workers who treated the deceased patients,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 1 578&nbsp;033 patients have recovered, while the country currently has 61&nbsp;557 active cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 11 876 594 with 35 821 new tests recorded since the last report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Mkhize, 1&nbsp;343&nbsp;433 people have been vaccinated in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 6 June 2021, there have been 172&nbsp;630 637 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 3&nbsp;718 683 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded over 5&nbsp;000 new COVID-19 cases for five days in a row, bringing the total number of infections to 1 696&nbsp;564. This is after South Africa detected 5 074 new infections on Sunday. Meanwhile, according to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the death toll has now increased to 56 974 after 45 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191211,"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-191210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sa-logs-5-074-new-covid-19-cases.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191210","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=191210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}