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COVID-19 update: More than 32 000 vaccines administered as SA death toll nears 50 000

The latest COVID-19 figures have been released. According to the Health Ministry, 998 new cases were identified in South Africa. As of today, the death toll stands at 49 413 with recoveries at 1 419 459.

COVID-19 update: 23 February 2021

Breakdown of new confirmed COVID-19 cases

As per Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s report, 998 confirmed cases were identified during the past 24 hours (792 on 22 February 2020). Unfortunately, we also lost 263 patients to COVID-19-related illnesses.

As per the report: 51 patients from the Eastern Cape passed away, 27 from the Free State, 39 from Gauteng, 60 from KwaZulu-Natal, 55 from Limpopo, 3 from Northern Cape, and 28 from Western Cape.

At the time of publishing, the Health Ministry recorded 8 932 950 cumulative COVID-19 tests, of which 25 093 were done during the past 24 hours: 9 001 at public facilities and 16 092 at private facilities.

New cases, deaths and recoveries by province

The confirmed COVID-19 cases per province is as follows:

Province Total Cases in South Africa Total Deaths Total Recoveries Active Cases currently
Eastern Cape 193 725 11 264 182 048 413
Free State 79 505 3 314 69 596 6 775
Gauteng 402 538 9 535 389 270 3 733
KwaZulu-Natal 327 446 9 532 307 281 10 633
Limpopo 61 599 1 840 58 623 1 136
Mpumalanga 70 302 1 234 67 905 1 163
North West 60 399 1 126 55 771 3 502
Northern Cape 33 636 663 30 202 2 771
Western Cape 276 436 11 085 258 763 6 588
Unallocated 0

COVID-19 updates from around the world

AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine update

USA and Canada: President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet by video Tuesday to calm the waters after the turbulent Donald Trump era, renewing an emphasis on the neighbours’ far-reaching alliance.

Netherlands will extend its controversial coronavirus curfew by a further two weeks despite the violent protests the measure sparked earlier this year, and could keep it in place longer if necessary, the prime minister said Tuesday.

Czech Republic: Former Czech president Vaclav Klaus, who has recently made a splash by publicly defying government restrictions to stem the COVID-19 spread, has caught the disease, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Ireland third COVID-19  lockdown will be extended by a month, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Tuesday, blaming a virus variant first identified in the UK for the decision.

Poland: A growing number of Poles are opposed to getting a COVID vaccine,  according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday, despite government warnings about a rising “third wave” of infections.

Global statistics

At the time of publishing, COVID-19 is affecting 219 countries and territories. The global caseload stands at 112,512,735, with the death toll at 2,491,945 and recoveries at 88,066,589.

The US is the worst-affected with 513,985 deaths from 28,867,562 cases. After the US, the hardest-hit countries are India with 156,598 deaths from 11,029,326 cases, and Brazil with 247,276 deaths from 10,197,531.

Russia has 84,047 deaths from 4,189,153 cases while the UK recorded 121,305 deaths from 4,134,639 cases. South Africa is currently 16th on the list, preceded by Iran, Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Spain, and France.



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