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South Africa has recorded zero COVID-19 deaths in the last two days, for the first time since May 2020, health authorities said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

COVID has hit South Africa harder than any other country on the continent, making the drop in deaths all the more remarkable. <\/p>\n

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases made the announcement in its daily tally of coronavirus cases, sparking cautious optimism among health authorities. <\/p>\n

The last time the country reported no deaths over a 48-hour timescale was on May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

“Empirically, the hospitals are pretty much empty of COVID cases,” said Shabir Madhi, professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand.<\/p>\n

“We do know that reported deaths are underestimated by a factor of about three, but even then the rate at the moment is particularly low.”<\/p>\n

He attributed the decline in death to both the rollout of vaccines and to the impact of past waves of infection.<\/p>\n

“It’s come at a huge cost of loss of life, but it has resulted in a large portion of the population that have now developed protection against severe disease,” Madhi said.<\/p>\n

At least 80 percent of the populous province Gauteng has already been infected with COVID, a statistic he believed likely mirrors the entire country.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique and Eswatini also reported no COVID deaths in the last 24 hours, although those neighbouring countries have less developed health surveillance system.<\/p>\n

South Africa has suffered nearly 100,000 COVID deaths, and more than 3.6 million cases.\n <\/p>\n\n

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WHO: New COVID cases drop by 19% globally, deaths stable\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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