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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – The number of new Covid-19 cases reported rose by 1 378 on Saturday, according the the Department of Health.<\/p>\n

This brings the total number of positive cases in South Africa to 1 536 801.<\/p>\n

A further 47 new deaths were also reported, the department said, bringing the death toll from the virus to 52 082.<\/p>\n

VACCINATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, government took delivery of another 70 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This is expected to help boost the number of frontline workers to be inoculated within the first month of the vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said 182 983 health workers had been vaccinated since the start of SA\u2019s vaccine rollout last month.<\/p>\n

HOSPITALISATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n

Of the 4 162 patients currently hospitalised, 644 are in intensive care units, 330 are on ventilators and 1214 are being oxygenated, according to data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.<\/p>\n

At 1 432, Gauteng currently has the highest number of Covid-19 hospitalisations while Limpopo has the lowest number at 95.<\/p>\n

The Western Cape currently has 925 Covid-19 patients in the province\u2019s public and private hospitals, while KwaZulu-Natal has 668.<\/p>\n

To date, 247 804 patients have been admitted to hospitals. Of these 183 904 have been discharged after recovering from Covid-19, while 50 995 have died.<\/p>\n

ACTIVE CASES<\/b><\/p>\n

The province with the highest number of active cases is KZN with 6 352 cases. The Eastern Cape has the lowest number of active cases at 392.<\/p>\n

TESTING<\/b><\/p>\n

Over the past 24 hours, 26 339 tests were conducted. The number of tests conducted since the pandemic hit SA now stands at 9 611 262.<\/p>\n

DEATHS AND RECOVERIES<\/b><\/p>\n

To date 1 462 110 people have recovered from the virus, putting the country\u2019s recovery rate at a stable 95 percent.<\/p>\n

Here is a breakdown of the latest deaths by province:<\/p>\n

Eastern Cape: 2<\/p>\n

Free State: 3<\/p>\n

Gauteng: 9<\/p>\n

KwaZulu-Natal: 21<\/p>\n

Limpopo: 0<\/p>\n

Mpumalanga: 9<\/p>\n

Northern Cape: 0<\/p>\n

North West: 0<\/p>\n

Western Cape: 3<\/p>\n

* The NICD data is compiled from 642 state and private hospitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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