Covid-19 recovery rate drops below 95% Updated Jacaranda FM Share this: South Africa’s Covid-19 recovery rate has shown a drop – after months of keeping steady at 95%. iStock The latest report by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize shows the rate has dropped to 94.4 % by Sunday evening. This was on the eve of South Africa rolling out its mass Covid-19 vaccination programme. "The cumulative recoveries now stand at 1 524 352 representing a recovery rate of 94,4%," reads the report by Mkhize. The minister says 2 582 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded, while another 27 people lost their lives. "As of today [Sunday] the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 613 728," says Mkhize.