{"id":191491,"date":"2021-06-09T09:32:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T07:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-records-120-more-covid-19-deaths\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T09:32:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T07:32:53","slug":"sa-records-120-more-covid-19-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-records-120-more-covid-19-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 120 more COVID-19 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Africa has recorded 120 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, which pushes the death toll to 57 183.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the cumulative cases now stand at 1 699 849 after 4 209 new infections were detected.<\/p>\n

This is an increase from the 3 285 cases that were reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

According to the Health Department, 1 581 540 patients beat COVID-19, which works out to a recovery rate of 93%.<\/p>\n

In addition, the country is home to 61 246 active cases, while the total number of people that have been vaccinated in South Africa is 1 524 589.<\/p>\n

Health Department Director-General, Dr Sandile Mkhize, said South Africa has officially vaccinated over one million senior citizens aged 60 years and above under phase two.<\/p>\n

Global view<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the global case and death incidences continued to decrease with over three million new weekly cases and over 73 000 new deaths.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO, this translates to a 15% and an 8% decrease respectively, compared to the previous week.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the European and South-East Asia regions recorded marked declines in the number of new cases in the past week, whereas Africa reported an upsurge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe region of the Americas, as well as the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific, reported similar numbers compared to the previous week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organisation said the number of additional deaths reported in the past week decreased in the European and South-East Asia regions and increased in the Western Pacific region.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeath incidences remained stable in the region of the Americas as well as the Eastern Mediterranean and African regions.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the WHO, despite the downward trend in global case and death incidences for a sixth and fifth consecutive week respectively, many countries across all six regions have reported \u201crises\u201d in the number of cases and deaths.<\/p>\n

The highest numbers of new cases were reported from India (914 539 new cases, 33% decrease), Brazil (449 478 new cases, 7% increase), Argentina (212 975 new cases, 3% decrease), Colombia (175 479 new cases, 17% increase), and the United States (99 103 new cases, 35% decrease). \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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