Mkhize: Covid-19 related deaths ‘under reported’, as recovery rate nears 90%
Six months into the national lockdown and South Africa’s Covid-19 recovery rate is nearing the 90% mark.
Since March, the country has recorded 630 595 cumulative coronavirus cases and 14 389 related fatalities.
According to statistics released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, the rate of recovery from the deadly coronavirus sits at 87%.
“Our recoveries now stand at 553 456 which translates to a recovery rate of 87%.”
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Maile was briefing the media on key challenges experienced by municipalities during Covid-19. He said that the metros were the hardest hit by the pandemic. "Collectively, our municipalities under-collected revenue by roughly R2.6 billion in April, R2.4 billion in May, R2.billion in June and around R2 billion in July.
On Wednesday, 2 336 new cases were identified by the Department of Health in 24 hour period.
The number of Covid-19 related deaths continue to climb.
“Regrettably, we report 126 more Covid-19 related deaths: 12 from KwaZulu-Natal, 49 from Gauteng, 29 from Eastern Cape, 15 from Free State, 16 from Western Cape, 5 from Northern Cape. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 14 389,” Mkhize said.
During a plenary sitting in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Mkhize admitted the number of deaths is probably under reported.
“Our indications are that the excess deaths are indicating that there may well be deaths that aren’t being recorded from Covid-19, but our estimation is that the numbers are not far off what the world average is showing.
“So we do believe that our numbers fairly reflect the numbers of fatalities that we are experiencing,” he added.
