The Health Department said that one COVID-related death was confirmed over the past 48 hours.
However, the ongoing audit has uncovered another 49 previously unreported fatalities, taking the country’s known death toll to 98,667.
South Africa’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate is at 7.2%. This means that 1,456 tests came back positive for the virus over the past 24-hour reporting cycle.
Over 30.9 million vaccines have been administered here in South Africa since they became available.
As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in SA is 3 658 547 with 1 456 new cases reported. Today 50 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 98 667 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 3 522 732 with a recovery rate of 96.3% pic.twitter.com/CTJV2HDm6m
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) February 20, 2022
-EWN
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