Durban - South Africa’s Covid-19 death toll grew to 52 535 on Thursday, the Department of Health said in its daily update.
This, after 163 more people succumbed to the virus that was first detected in South Africa a year ago.
And as the country marks one year since it went into lockdown to curb the rampant spread of the virus among the population, data from the department of health show that the cumulative number of Covi-19 cases in South Africa as of Thursday was 1 541 563.
The cumulative recoveries stood at 1 467 254, representing a recovery rate of 95%
Over the past 24 hours, 1 554 new positive Covid-19 were reported country wide.
The latest deaths per province on March 25 were:
- Eastern Cape 0
- Free State 9
- Gauteng 24
- KwaZulu Natal 5
- Limpopo 71
- Mpumalanga 0
- North West 37
- Northern Cape 16
- Western Cape 1
Vaccine drive
“The number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol as at 18.30 today (Thursday) is 220 129” the health department said.
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