{"id":8719,"date":"2021-04-19T18:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T18:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2021-04-19T17:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:27:52","slug":"17-people-die-in-kzn-from-covid-19-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/17-people-die-in-kzn-from-covid-19-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"17 people die in KZN from Covid-19 this weekend"},"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: Out of the 73 people who lost their lives to Covid-19 this weekend, 17 were from KZN.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, 16 people died in KZN on Saturday and the other death was recorded on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, the infection rate rose by 1 089 bringing the total number of infections to date to 1 566 769.<\/p>\n<p>KZN still remains the epicentre of the virus, having recorded a total of 5 544 active cases in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Cape has the second highest number of active cases at 4 973, while the Eastern Cape has the lowest number at 265.<\/p>\n<p>SA\u2019s recovery rate remains firm at 95%, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) recommended on Saturday that the government lift the pause on administering Johnson &amp; Johnson&#8217;s Covid-19 vaccines, given that certain conditions are met.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 000 South Africans over the age of 60 registered to be vaccinated in the country\u2019s phase two vaccination programme, within 24 hours of registration opening.<\/p>\n<p><b>IOL<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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