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By IOL Reporter 
9h ago
Cape Town – A total of 2,888 new Covid-19-related cases have been identified in South Africa since the last report, compared to yesterday’s 1987 new cases.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday that the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases detected is 757,144.
Sadly, 123 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 35, Free State 31, Gauteng 4, KwaZulu-Natal 3, Limpopo 7, North West 31, and Western Cape 12.
“This brings the total deaths to 20,556. Of the 123 deaths, 17 reportedly occurred in the last 24 hours: 4 in the Eastern Cape, 2 in Gauteng, 11 in the Western Cape.”
The number of recoveries now stands at 701,534, which translates into a recovery rate of 92.6%. The cumulative number of tests performed to date is 5,189,580, with 28,703 new tests performed since the last report.
In the run-up to South Africa’s first spike in coronavirus infections and deaths attributed to Covid-19, spending on medical schemes declined, new data shows.
In the three months to the end of June, the “relevant net health care expense” per recipient of medical aid per month was R1 474, the Board of Health Schemes said in a summary of the quarterly submissions it received.
That’s 8.1% less than the 2019 figure for the same three months, and more than 15% less than the budget.
Pfizer Inc said Wednesday that the final results of the last stage of testing its Covid-19 vaccine show it to be 95% effective, adding that it had the required two months of safety data and would request emergency clearance from USA
The drug maker said the efficacy of the vaccine developed with German partner BioNTech SE was consistent across age and ethnic demographics, and there were no major side effects, a sign that immunization could be used widely across the world. world.
Efficacy in adults over 65, who are at particular risk from the virus, was greater than 94%. The final analysis comes just one week after initial trial results showed the vaccine to be more than 90% effective.
Moderna Inc on Monday released preliminary data for its vaccine, showing similar effectiveness.
More than 55.3 million people are reported to be infected with the new coronavirus worldwide and 1,332,354 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
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