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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – Over the past 24 hours, 933 new positive Covid-19 cases and a further 139 deaths were reported, the health ministry said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Cumulatively, the country has recorded 1 530 966 positive case since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The death toll stands at 51 560.<\/p>\n

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

Over the past year, 9 490 435 tests have been conducted with 23 903 tests completed since the last report.<\/p>\n

Recoveries<\/b><\/p>\n

South Africa has recorded 1 458 001 recoveries, representing a recovery rate of 95%.<\/p>\n

Deaths by province for March 17:<\/p>\n

Eastern Cape 2<\/p>\n

Free State 13<\/p>\n

Gauteng 29<\/p>\n

KwaZulu Natal 20<\/p>\n

Limpopo 57<\/p>\n

Mpumalanga 6<\/p>\n

Northern Cape 3<\/p>\n

Western Cape 9<\/p>\n

Vaccine drive<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol remains 157 286, \u201d the health department said.<\/p>\n

Sahpra approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in SA<\/b><\/p>\n

South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) said on Tuesday that it had approved a “section 21” emergency use application for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.<\/p>\n

Sahpra added in a statement that the approval was subject to further efficacy and safety surveillance of the vaccine in the country, including monitoring its efficacy against the dominant local coronavirus variant.<\/p>\n

The country is the hardest-hit country on the African continent in terms of recorded coronavirus cases and deaths, and suffered a severe second wave of infections driven by the more infectious 501Y.V2 variant, first identified late last year.<\/p>\n

It kick-started its vaccination campaign with Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine last month in a research study targeting up to 500 000 health workers.<\/p>\n

IOL and Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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