Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said that there were 194 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 50,271.
Of these newly recorded deaths, 80 were in KwaZulu-Natal, 43 were in Gauteng, 29 were in the Free State, 15 were in Limpopo, 12 were in the Western Cape, eight were in the Eastern Cape and seven were in the Northern Cape. There were no deaths recorded in Mpumalanga or the North West.
Mkhize said 1,433,320 recoveries had been recorded to date, at a recovery rate of 94.6%.
There were 76,037 health-care workers vaccinated as of 6.30pm on Tuesday.
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