SA reached 600,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Friday, 171 days after the very first favorable test in Durban on March 5.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize stated that there were 603,338 overall cases by Friday night, a boost of 3,398 from the day previously.
Mkhize likewise revealed on Friday that more than half-a-million healings from the breathing illness have actually been taped.
The rate at which each 100,000 cases has been tape-recorded is an indicator that SA has actually passed the peak of its Covid-19 outbreak:
— Very First 100,000: 110 days;-LRB-
— 2nd 100,000: 14 days;-LRB-
— 3rd 100,000: 9 days;-LRB-
— Fourth 100,000: 8 days;-LRB-
— Fifth 100,000: 10 days; and
— Sixth 100,000: 20 days.
Gauteng stays the worst-hit province, with 203,832 validated infections– followed by KwaZulu-Natal (108,788 cases), the Western Cape (103,942) and the Eastern Cape (84,787).
The Northern Cape has the least infections, with 8,818 validated cases to date.
Mkhize on Friday night stated SA’s Covid-19 associated deaths had increased to 12,843– a boost of 225 in the past 24 hours. Of the new cases, 57 were in the Eastern Cape, 46 in Gauteng, 81 in KwaZulu-Natal, six in the Northern Cape, 10 in the North West and 25 in the Western Cape.
” The recoveries now stand at 500,102, which equates to a recovery rate of 82%,” Mkhize stated.
The figures are based on 3,504,507 overall tests, of which 24,224 were carried out in the most recent 24- hour cycle.
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