There are currently 104 437 active cases in the country (an increase of 8 665 since Wednesday), according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).

In addition, 100 deaths have been reported as well, which brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 58 323.

Recoveries currently stand at 1 623 319, representing a 90.39% recovery rate.

A total of 12 383 955 tests have been carried out, with 52 118 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

To date, 1 974 099 vaccines have been administered in South Africa according to the department of health.

R2 billion to fight Covid-19 in Gauteng

A sum of R2 billion has been set aside for the fight against Covid-19 infections raging across Gauteng.

This was revealed on Thursday by health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi during the provincial health budget vote speech.

The Gauteng department of health has been allocated a total of R56.5 billion in the 2021-22 financial year and R169.6 billion over the 2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework to fund the provision of quality health services.

The Citizen/Siyanda Ndlovu