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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa has risen by 5 297 over the past 24 hours, and 318 more deaths have been recorded during the same period, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.<\/p>\n

The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at 1 449 236 and the death toll at 43 951.<\/p>\n

With 26.8 percent of the total number of positive cases, Gauteng remains the province hardest hit by the virus since the start of the pandemic last year.<\/p>\n

KwaZulu-Natal has the second-highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, accounting for 21.6 percent of the country\u2019s overall cases.<\/p>\n

The Northern Cape has so far registered the lowest number of Covid-19 cases, 31851, accounting for 2.2 percent of the national total.<\/p>\n

Testing<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 8 245 124 with 41 540 new tests recorded since the last report,\u201d Mkhize said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Deaths and recoveries<\/b><\/p>\n

Of the 318 deaths recorded on Saturday, 112 were from KwaZulu-Natal, 85 from the Eastern Cape, 58 from Gauteng, 44 from the Western Cape, 15 from Mpumalanga, 6 from North West and 3 from the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n

The number of patients who have recovered currently stands at 1 292 921, representing a recovery rate of 89 percent.<\/p>\n

Doubt over effectiveness of vaccines<\/b><\/p>\n

As South Africa awaits delivery of its first batch of vaccines, there are growing concerns internationally that the 501Y.V2 variant of the disease significantly reduces the efficacy of the lifesaving drugs.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Johnson & Johnson said their vaccine was 66 percent effective overall in preventing people from contracting multiple variants Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The company was reacting to the results of a global vaccine study which showed that the level of protection offered by vaccines varied significantly among the three continents where the large-scale trials are being conducted.<\/p>\n

Mid-trial results put the efficacy of vaccines in South Africa at just 57 percent.<\/p>\n

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