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By Se-Anne Rall 
2h ago
DURBAN – South Africa is nearing the end of its second wave of Covid-19, according to Co-Chair of the Covid-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee, Professor Salim Abdool Karim.
Speaking during an interview on SABC on Tuesday, he said the country was now firmly on a downward slope.
“When we look at the data that we have right now on cases, we reached our peak, about 20,000 cases on January 8, since then, over the last 14 days, we have seen a continuous and systematic decrease in cases. happening in most of our provinces. Now we are, from all the indicators we see, firmly on the downward slope, “he said.
Meanwhile, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health, SA has registered 6,041 new cases of Covid-19, which brings the accumulated number of cases in the country to 1,423,578.
Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize confirmed that the country’s coronavirus-related death rate had risen to 41,797 with 680 more deaths recorded.
Eastern Cape – 86
Free State – 28
Gauteng – 141
KwaZulu-Natal – 306
Limpopo – 4
Mpumalanga – 18
North Cape – 2
and Western Cape – 95
“Our recoveries are now 1,254,674, representing a recovery rate of 88%. The cumulative total of tests performed to date is 8,058,768 with 39,529 new tests performed since the last report,” said Mkhize.
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