COVID-19 WRAP | SA records 3,357 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

February 05 2022 - 20:54

SA records 3,357 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

SA recorded 3,357 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed Covid cases in the country to 3,622,210. 

Eight daily deaths were recorded, bringing the national death toll of Covid related deaths to 95,817.

Recoveries now stand at 3,477,336 with 30,185,123 vaccines administered since the start of the vaccination rollout and 16,328 jabs received over the past 24 hours.

February 05 2022 - 14:17

DStv religious channel Daystar told to apologise for Covid-19 conspiracy show

MultiChoice’s religious channel 342 — Daystar — has been found guilty of contravening the Broadcasting Complaints Commission code of conduct in a segment about Covid-19 vaccinations and instructed to set the record straight.

BCCSA chairperson advocate Sunette Lötter’s judgment upheld a complaint about Daystar’s Ministry Now programme featuring discredited former research scientist Judy Mikovits and New York doctor Lawrence Palevsky, a leading proponent of the discredited conspiracy theory that vaccines are related to autism.

February 05 2022 - 08:00

Brazil sees 184,311 new coronavirus cases, 493 deaths

Brazil recorded 184,311 new coronavirus cases and 493 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday, although data was missing from the populous states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Brazil has now registered over 26 million cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 630,494, according to ministry data. 

-Reuters