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Durban – 110 more people succumbed to the Covid-19 virus in the past 24 hours, the Health Department said Wednesday.
This brings the country’s total deaths since the virus was first detected in March to 49,523 deaths.
The department said the cumulative total of tests conducted to date was 8,967,460 with 34,510 new tests recorded since the last report.
A total of 1,422,622 have been able to defeat the virus, representing an impressive 94% recovery rate.
Of the latest deaths, five occurred in the Eastern Cape, 61 in the Free State, 12 in Gauteng, seven in KwaZulu-Natal, one in the Northern Cape and 17 in the Western Cape, and seven in Mpumalanga.
The Northwest and Limpopo had 0 deaths.
According to the Health Department, the number of healthcare workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol was 41,809 as of 6 p.m. on February 23.
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said the government will budget more than R10 billion in spending for the purchase and delivery of vaccines over the next two years.
SA received its first batch of J&J vaccines earlier this month and the second batch of 80,000 is expected to be delivered on Saturday.
During a debate on the government’s implementation plan, Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that SA had joined more than 87 countries in the fight against Covid-19.
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