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Two hundred and ninety-seven deaths were reported last day, bringing the number of people who succumbed to the virus here at home to 45,902. 3,749 new cases were registered in the last 24-hour cycle.
FILE: In the last 24 hours, 3,749 new cases of COVID-19 were registered, bringing the number of cases to almost 1.5 million. Image: . Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG / CAPE TOWN – South Africa has recorded 3,749 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of cases to nearly 1.5 million.
Two hundred and ninety-seven deaths were reported last day, bringing the number of people who succumbed to the virus here at home to 45,902.
The recovery rate is 90.8%, which means there are now more than 1.3 million people who have recovered from the virus since its outbreak.
At the same time, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has reassured members of Parliament about the safety of the millions of doses of vaccines purchased by the government.
Mkhize said the country has adequate cold storage facilities to house some of the vaccines that require ultra-low temperatures.
The minister informed members of Parliament (MP) on Friday about the launch of the vaccine after the arrival of one million doses on Monday.
Mkhize said South Africa is on track to vaccinate 40 million people before the end of the year. He said South Africa expects 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines in addition to the one million doses of Astrazeneca that arrived on Monday.
“In any situation where you are dealing with a therapeutic agency, vaccines, etc., you have to anticipate a few things. In the first place, that they would have gone through a rigorous scientific analysis to indicate the level of security and in this case we do.
Deputy CEO Anban Pillay said institutions like universities have adequate cold storage for vaccines.
“We’ve been able to get a little support from some of the colleges that have minus 70 degree refrigerators, so we could probably borrow some of them and keep them as vaccine storage for a temporary period.”
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