Three-hundred and thirty-three more people have died from COVID-19 related complications, which brought the number of fatalities to 72,013.
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN – We start with the latest covid numbers recorded in the last 24-hour reporting cycle here at home.
According to the health department, 12,528 new cases were captured pushing our national caseload to more than 2,447,000.Meanwhile, Western Cape health authorities said they are optimistic that vaccination targets would be reached in the coming week, despite a supply shortage of the jabs in the province.This comes as the Western Cape is recording the highest active cases in the country presently and leading with new daily infections.
At the same time, on Saturday the nation received the first batch of over 5.6 million doses which the national health department said will bolster the country's vaccine drive.
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