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2021.03.15 02:32 GMT+8

South Africa: Number of active COVID cases drop by 90% in 3 months

Updated 2021.03.15 02:32 GMT+8
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FILE: A Doctors Without Border (MSF) nurse (C) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test during a Ministry of Health screening and testing drive in the Wolhuter men's hostel in Jeppestown district of Johannesburg, on 14 May 2020. / AFP

The past three months have seen South Africa's number of active cases of COVID-19 drop by almost 90 percent.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reports the country is currently dealing with just over 26,000 cases of the coronavirus.

This was a far cry from the almost 240,000 active cases reported on 11 January during the peak of South Africa's second wave.

As it stands, KwaZulu-Natal was dealing with the most active cases – at 7 574, followed by the Western Cape and Free State respectively.

Meanwhile, the vaccine campaign has so far inoculated 154, 215 healthcare workers across the country.

(With input from agencies)

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