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By IOL Reporter 
7h ago
The number of new Covid-19-related cases identified in South Africa since the last report has risen from 1,092 to 1,863.
This brings the cumulative number of Covid-19-related cases registered in the country to 719,714, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement on Wednesday.
A total of 58 more Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded: 18 in the Eastern Cape, 2 in Gauteng, 3 in the Free State, 12 in KwaZulu Natal, 7 in Limpopo, 6 in the North Cape and 10 in the West. Cap.
This brings the total number of deaths to 19,111. The number of recoveries is now 648,654, which translates into a recovery rate of 90%.
Of the 58 deaths reported today, 16 were reported to have occurred in the last 24-48 hours: 1 in the Free State, 2 in the Eastern Cape, 2 in Gauteng, 2 in KwaZulu-Natal, 2 in Limpopo and 7 in the Cape. West.
The cumulative number of tests performed to date is 4,752,596, with 25,721 new tests performed since the last report.
South Africans have to “handle each other” to wear face masks in public, says the president of the South African Medical Research Council, Professor Glenda Gray.
Over the past few weeks, social media has witnessed an increase in “mask embarrassment,” with some users saying they felt embarrassed about wearing a mask in public and even in restaurants.
“A mask will help decrease your chances of exposure and if you have the coronavirus, it will help prevent transmission. We have to keep reminding people that wearing a mask is like brushing your teeth in the morning, ”he told SAfm.
A Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out in Britain for some people before Christmas, but is most likely to be released in early 2021, the woman responsible for getting potential injections in the UK said on Wednesday.
“If the first two vaccines, or any of them, show that they are safe and effective, I think there is a chance that the vaccine launch will start on this side of Christmas, but otherwise I think it is more realistic to expect that let it be so early next year, “Kate Bingham said on BBC television.
Delivery of potential Covid-19 vaccines to European Union countries could begin in earnest in April, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Wednesday.
“The large quantity of supplies will start in April,” Von der Leyen told a press conference, adding that in the best case, companies could deliver up to 50 million vaccines a month in the EU.
More than 43.72 million people are reported to be infected with the new coronavirus worldwide and 1,161,943 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
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