SA sees jump in new COVID-19 infections as 2,073 cases recorded

Forty-six more people have also died after contracting the virus, with the country's death toll now at 54,557.

FILE: A hospital worker walks amongst patients in the COVID-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35km from the centre of Cape Town, on 29 December 2020. The patents in this ward are not critically serious, but do require oxygen and to lie down. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP.

Tara Penny | 06 May 2021 04:25

JOHANNESBURG - The number of daily coronavirus infections in South Africa has breached the 2,000 mark for the first time in several weeks.

These take our known caseload since the start of the outbreak to 1,588,000.

Forty-six more people have also died after contracting the virus, with the country's death toll now at 54,557.

Over 1.5 million people have recuperated so far, which translates to a 95% recovery rate.

On the vaccine front, just over 353,000 healthcare workers have now received their jab.

As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 588 221. Today 46 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported which brings the total to 54 557 deaths. The cumulative recoveries now stand at 1 510 385, representing a recovery rate of 95%. pic.twitter.com/dQUzNQ4AP5
Department of Health (@HealthZA) May 5, 2021