âââ 06:23 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 Photo: Pixabay/Fernando Zhiminaicela
The number of South Africans who died due to Covid-19 now stands at 52 954 after eight new deaths were recorded on Saturday.
Three were recorded in the Free State, one in Gauteng, two in KwaZulu Natal, one of the Northern Cape and one in the Western Cape.
The number of infections recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic now stands at s 1 551 501.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize revealed these new numbers on Saturday.
âOur cumulative recoveries today stand at 1 476 605, representing a recovery rate of 95%.
âThe number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol remains 269 102,â Mkhize said.
âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 11:20 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 PHOTO: TRAFFIC SA
The North West province has deployed a large number of traffic officials across the province to curb crime and road accidents.
The Department of Community Safety and Transport Management s spokesperson, Oshebeng Alpheus Koonyaditse, says 545 personnel have been deployed in all arterial routes in the province during the long Easter weekend.
Officials in the province are not part of those who will be using body cameras and drones in an effort to keep a watchful eye on the busy routes in the province during this period.
Koonyaditse says body cameras at the moment are being used by national traffic police under Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).
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Russian doctors stayed behind in a burning, tsarist-era hospital in the country s Far East on Friday to complete open-heart surgery after a fire broke out on the roof while they were operating.
Firefighters who took more than two hours to put out the blaze in the city of Blagoveshchensk said they used fans to keep smoke out of the operating room and ran in a power cable to keep it supplied with electricity.
A group of eight doctors and nurses completed the operation in two hours before removing the patient to another site, the emergencies ministry said.