Residents of an observation area after their COVID-19 vaccine in front of a pop-up vaccination bus in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, August 26, 2021. / Getty Images
Residents of an observation area after their COVID-19 vaccine in front of a pop-up vaccination bus in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, August 26, 2021. / Getty Images
The number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa topped the 2.9 million mark on Wednesday as efforts to contain the further spread of the virus continue.
The country’s health ministry reported 2,106 new infections from tests done in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,900,994.
Over the same period, 108 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of virus-related deaths in the country to 87,525.
South Africa is the country hardest hit by the pandemic in Africa, with its infections accounting for 34.97 percent of the continent’s case number while its deaths accounting for 41.55 percent of the deaths in Africa.
Gauteng Province is hardest hit, registering 916,136 infections with 19,380 deaths. The province’s case number is higher than the numbers reported by any other African country except Morocco, while the death toll is higher than that of any country on the continent except Tunisia.
Two other provinces have registered more than 500,000 COVID-19 infections; KwaZulu Natal (511,461) and Western Cape (509,438).
The country has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to curb the further spread of the virus.
To date, 17,349,100 doses have been administered.
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