Infections soar: COVID-19 daily figures highest in three months
The latest COVID-19 figures have been released. According to the Health Ministry, 2 781 new cases were identified in South Africa. As of today, the death toll stands at 54 968 with recoveries at 1 519 734.
The total number of vaccines administered is 52 647 and the country has a recovery rate of 95%. That said, the daily new infections is the highest it’s been since 10 February 2021.
COVID-19 UPDATE: 12 May 2021
BREAKDOWN OF NEW CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES
As per Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s report, 2 781 confirmed cases were identified during the past 24 hours. Unfortunately, we also lost 72 patients to COVID-19-related illnesses.
As per the report: 6 patients from the Eastern Cape passed away, 13 from the Free State, 27 from Gauteng, 5 from KwaZulu-Natal, 5 from Mpumalanga, 4 from Northern Cape, and 12 from Western Cape.
At the time of publishing, the Health Ministry recorded 10 968 199 cumulative COVID-19 tests, of which 37 020 were done during the past 24 hours: 13 857 at public facilities and 23 163 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 | 196 387 | 11 612 | 184 504 | 271 |
| Free State | 92 886 | 3 950 | 83 952 | 4 984 |
| Gauteng | 430 310 | 10 818 | 413 841 | 5 651 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 337 614 | 10 438 | 321 585 | 5 591 |
| Limpopo | 64 278 | 2 336 | 61 556 | 386 |
| Mpumalanga | 79 360 | 1 413 | 76 968 | 979 |
| North West | 69 782 | 1 758 | 64 398 | 3 626 |
| Northern Cape | 42 733 | 958 | 37 330 | 4 445 |
| Western Cape | 288 681 | 11 685 | 275 600 | 1 396 |
| Unallocated | 0 |
GLOBAL STATISTICS
At the time of publishing, COVID-19 is affecting 220 countries and territories. The global caseload stands at 160 080 581, with the death toll at 3 345 018 and recoveries at 138 863 472.
The US is the worst affected with 597 785 deaths from 33 586 136 cases. After the US, the hardest-hit countries are India with 258 3351 deaths from 23 702 832 cases, and Brazil with 428 256 deaths from 15 361 686 cases.
France has 107 119 deaths from 5 821 668 cases while Turkey recorded 43 821 deaths from 5 072 462 cases. South Africa is currently 20th on the list, preceded by Iran, Poland, Colombia, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Italy, the UK, and Russia.
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 12 February .
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) February 12, 2021
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As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 602 031. Today, 72 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported which brings the total to 54 968 deaths.The cumulative recoveries now stand at 1 519 734, representing a recovery rate of 95% pic.twitter.com/cifY1WVHhy
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) May 12, 2021
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