A South African Health Worker is inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
As of Sunday, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1 551 964, with 463 new cases identified, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed.
33 more Covid-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 0, Free State 2, Gauteng 2, Kwa-Zulu Natal 10, Limpopo 0, Mpumalanga 0, North West, 18, Northern Cape 0 and Western Cape 1.
This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 52 987.
Recoveries now stand at 1 477 363, with a 95% recovery rate.
A total of 9 968 203 tests have been completed, with 12 117 tests conducted since the last report.
Meanwhile, the total number of vaccines that have been administered remains at 269 102.
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