{"id":2637,"date":"2021-01-18T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2021-01-18T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:51:39","slug":"sas-covid-recovery-rate-shows-slight-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sas-covid-recovery-rate-shows-slight-increase","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Covid recovery rate shows slight increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>DURBAN &#8211; MORE that one million South Africans have recovered after contracting the coronavirus. According to Department of Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, a total of 1 098 441 people have recovered, pushing the country&#8217;s recovery rate to 82.1%. This is a noted improvement from Saturday&#8217;s recovery rate of 81.7% and Friday&#8217;s rate of 80.9%.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Mkhize announced that SA&#8217;s cumulative Covid cases had increased by 12 267 to 1 337 926.<\/p>\n<p>He added that 254 more Covid-related deaths had been recorded, bringing SA Covid death tally to 37 105.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Cape &#8211; 22<\/p>\n<p>Free State &#8211; 13<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng &#8211; 59<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal &#8211; 40<\/p>\n<p>Mpumalanga &#8211; 16,<\/p>\n<p>North West &#8211; 26<\/p>\n<p>Northern Cape &#8211; 6<\/p>\n<p>Western Cape &#8211; 72<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 7 613 470 with 54 696 new tests conducted since the last report.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, speaking during his weekly update, KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala, warned those who have recovered from Covid to be wary of getting re-infected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those declaring that they have beaten Covid on social media need to know that such statements are dangerous and even insensitive at a time where so many people are in mourning, having lost their loved ones,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are dangerous in a sense that they create a false sense of security that implies that when people recover from Covid-19, they will not contract the virus again. We believe this is reckless because there is a growing body of scientific evidence and living examples that prove that it is possible to get re-infected,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>IOL<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. DURBAN &#8211; MORE that one million South Africans have recovered after contracting the coronavirus. According to Department of Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, a total of 1 098 441 people have recovered, pushing the country&#8217;s recovery rate to 82.1%. 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