With face masks no longer mandatory when outside as a result of the lifting of the national state of disaster, the coming weeks will prove pivotal for COVID-19 in South Africa and a litmus test of the decision that was taken by government.
Added to this is the upcoming Easter weekend, with it predicted to be a potential trigger of a fifth wave of infections. Whether that comes to fruition remains to be seen, but if the country is to stave off the effects of future waves, more people need to be fully vaccinated.
For now, slow and steady progress have been made on that front, with the past 24 hours seeing 55 969 jabs administered in the past 24 hours, 28 518 of these being booster shots.
As of 17:00 on 6th April, a total of 33 991 918 vaccines have been administered across SA.
Shifting to the latest figures regarding the spread of the virus, the National Department of Health (NDoH) confirms that 2 032 new cases have been reported over the past 24 hours, as the total number of infections recorded to date climbs to 3 727 208.
The department adds that three fatalities have been reported too, as the death toll related to COVID-19 in South Africa reaches 100 070.
The full outlook for COVID-19 in South Africa follows on below:
| Provinces | Confirmed Cases | Recoveries | Active cases | Deaths |
| Western Cape | 652 567 | 630 043 | 646 | 21 878 |
| Eastern Cape | 345 558 | 328 302 | 664 | 16 592 |
| Northern Cape | 108 991 | 105 596 | 177 | 3 218 |
| Free State | 202 600 | 193 578 | 1 368 | 7 654 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 662 274 | 642 726 | 3 497 | 16 051 |
| North West | 193 212 | 187 965 | 526 | 4 721 |
| Mpumalanga | 193 479 | 188 391 | 383 | 4 705 |
| Gauteng | 1 212 594 | 1 186 677 | 5 252 | 20 665 |
| Limpopo | 155 933 | 151 231 | 116 | 4 586 |
| Unknown | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | 3 727 208 | 3 614 509 | 12 629 | 100 070 |
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- World Health Organisation
- SA Coronavirus website
- SA Government
- SA Presidency
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