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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Durban – South Africa\u2019s Covid-19 death rate climbed to 49 667 on Thursday, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.<\/p>\n

The cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 8 999 322 with 31 862 new tests recorded since the last report.<\/p>\n

Of the latest 144 deaths reported, 7 were from the Eastern Cape, 25 from the Free State, 14 from Gauteng, 10 from KwaZulu-Natal, 22 from Limpopo, 10 from Mpumalanga , 41 from North West, 2 from the Northern Cape and 13 from the Western Cape. This brings the total to 49 667 deaths.<\/p>\n

Our recoveries now stand at 1 424 401, representing a recovery rate of 94%.<\/p>\n

South Africa aims to vaccinate around 1.1 million people against Covid-19 by the end of March as it ramps up its immunisation programme, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Addressing Parliament, Mkhize also said authorities might have to inoculate more than their original target of 40 million people to reach herd immunity.<\/p>\n

South Africa started rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) vaccine last week in a research study targeting healthcare workers. Doses of the Pfizer vaccine are set to arrive soon.<\/p>\n

Mkhize said so far more than 32 000 health workers had been given the J&J shot.<\/p>\n

Previously, health authorities said they had secured 20 million doses from Pfizer and 9 million from J&J.<\/p>\n

But Mkhize said those numbers were just “opening negotiations” and final volumes were likely to be different. “Once it is finalised we will announce new numbers very soon,” he said.<\/p>\n

Health advisers had estimated that, to ensure population herd immunity, at least 40 million people needed to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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