SA COVID death toll rises to 93,707 as DoH audit finds 156 more fatalities
The Health Department said only 36 of these people died over the past 48 hours, meaning the vast majority of the fatalities occurred before Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - The ongoing backlog audit by the Health Department has uncovered another 156 deaths linked to COVID-19 here on home soil.
The department said only 36 of these people died over the past 48 hours, meaning the vast majority of the fatalities occurred before Monday.
The fatalities take South Africa's known death toll to 93,707.
The latest stats show that 4,322 new infections were also picked up over the latest 24-hour reporting cycle.
On the vaccine front, 29.1 million jabs have been administered here on home soil so far.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of #COVID19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 156 deaths and of these, 36 occurred in the past 24 - 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to93 707to date.
Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 19, 2022
As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in SA is 3 568 900 with 4 322 new cases reported. Today 156 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 93 707 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 3 390 027 with a recovery rate of 95% pic.twitter.com/Qe1DP4xSSu
Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 19, 2022
