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By IOL Reporter 
8h ago
Cape Town – The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases identified in South Africa on Friday rose to 1,470,516, with 3,749 new cases since the last report, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement.
A total of 3 751 new cases were reported on Thursday and 4 058 on Wednesday.
The death toll stayed below 300 for the second day in a row at 297 (261 on Thursday), and Limpopo (68) recorded the most deaths. It was followed by Gauteng 52, Eastern Cape 49, Free State 40, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape 35 each, Mpumalanga 16 and Northern Cape 2.
This brings the total number of deaths to 45,902 deaths, with recoveries now at 1,335,618, representing a recovery rate of 90.8%.
The cumulative total of tests carried out to date is 8,436,569, with 36,250 new tests registered since the last report.
“An estimated 20% of all infected patients will have moderate to severe illness that will require some medical support and possible hospitalization,” said Dr. Neshaad Schrueder, chief of specialty health services at Tygerberg Hospital, TimesLive reported. .
Schrueder said some patients may deteriorate within 14 days of testing positive, with pneumonia worsening and requiring hospitalization.
“There are many cases in which this deterioration is so rapid that hospitals have seen many patients die upon arrival.
“In our experience at Tygerberg Hospital, more than half of hospital admissions respond to treatment and are discharged after an average of seven days.
“However, some patients develop a longer course called ‘prolonged Covid’, with persistent lung injury that responds poorly to current therapies and remains oxygen dependent for a longer period. It is many of these patients who ultimately have poor outcomes with high hospital mortality as well as high post-discharge mortality. ”
Weekly reports with estimates of excess mortality published by the Burden of Disease Research Unit (BDRU) of the South African Medical Research Council and the Center for Actuarial Research (CARe) of UCT have revealed a large discrepancy between deaths. confirmed by Covid-19 in the country and the number of natural deaths in excess. , which have continued during the second wave.
Of the 132,481 excess natural deaths reported Wednesday by the BDRU and CARe, 43,951 were deaths from Covid-19. Health officials are believed to be reluctant to admit the official death toll.
Researchers have indicated that up to 80% of excess deaths could be related to Covid-19, News24 reported. This would bring South Africa’s death toll from the coronavirus to between 92,000 and 105,000, among the highest in the world.
KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have suffered more than 30,000 excess natural deaths, followed by Gauteng with 21,000 and the Western Cape with 14,000.
By metro, the city of Cape Town has recorded the highest number of excess natural deaths with just over 10,000.
At least 200 health workers who will vaccinate Limpopo residents will travel with security guards to protect the vaccines.
Limpopo Health Phophi Ramathuba MEC said: “We will assign 200 vaccinators who are professional nurses and we will assign a registered nurse and a security guard to protect the vaccines.
” We already have 169 vaccinators in training. We could start vaccinating the first health workers on February 15. ”
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