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COVID-19 in SA: Recovery rate at 82%, 12 267 new cases

The latest stats come as the global death toll recently surpassed the gruesome milestone of 2 million and the number of cases continue to reach sky high levels

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There is good news in South Africa’s fight against COVID-19 as the recovery rate is at 82.1%, as of Sunday evening, 17 January 2021. This comes after the number of people who have managed to recover from COVID-19 breached the 1 million mark.

“As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1 337 926, the total number of deaths is 37 105 and the total number of recoveries is 1 098 441,” Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said in his daily updates.

COVID-19: Death toll surpasses 37 000

The country’s COVID-19 death toll has also increased after 254 more people succumbed to the virus, which brings the number of people who succumbed to the virus to 37 105.

Of the latest deaths, 59 were in Gauteng, 40 in KwaZulu-Natal, 22 in the Eastern Cape, 72 in the Western Cape, 13 in the Free State, 26 recorded in the North West, Mpumalanga has recorded 16 deaths and six in the Northern Cape.

The cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 7 613 470 with 54 696 new tests conducted since the last report.

ProvinceTotal cases in SATotal DeathsTotal recoveriesActive cases
Gauteng354 8926 946309 57245 363
Western Cape253 4139 132207 66840 437
KwaZulu-Natal273 4536 318209 64064 016
North West58 25178336 94513 652
Northern Cape28 96549624 5934 469
Free State69 3792 46257   98510 064
Eastern Cape185 3779 444169 9377 390
Limpopo44 96973938 0078 461
Mpumalanga50 98878544 0968 528
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