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SA’s COVID-19 mortality rate still well below global average - Mkhize


Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize says as the number of Covid-19 deaths nears 1 000, South Africa’s mortality rate remains at 2%, well below the global average of 6%.

44 more fatalities were reported the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 952.

25 more people died in the Western Cape, six each in the Easten Cape and Kwa-Zulu-Natal, and seven in Gauteng.

Mkhize said coronavirus infections had increased to 45 973, of which more than 24 200 people (52.8%) had recovered.

There are now 5 629 cases in the Eastern Cape, with 101 deaths.

As of Saturday, 54 African Union member states had reported 176,807 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 4 902 deaths, and 78,267 recoveries, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in a statement.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 6.8 million on Saturday, reaching 6,800,604, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 396,591 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed.

The United States suffered the most from the pandemic, with 1,908,235 cases and a death toll of 109,443.

(Additional reporting by African News Agency)