{"id":192817,"date":"2021-06-22T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-logs-over-9-000-new-covid-19-cases\/"},"modified":"2021-06-22T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:33:22","slug":"sa-logs-over-9-000-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-logs-over-9-000-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA logs over 9 000 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202106\/nursessnipped.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has reported 9160 new COVID-19 cases, said the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).<\/p>\n<p>This as there were 36 858 COVID-19 tests conducted on Monday. This translated to a 24.9% positivity rate, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1&nbsp;832&nbsp;479.<\/p>\n<p>Of the latest infections, the majority were found in Gauteng (6 292), followed by the Western Cape (647).<\/p>\n<p>New data shows that 93 more people succumbed to the respiratory disease, pushing the death toll to 58&nbsp;795.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the public health institute said 341 more patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 9&nbsp;503.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NICD\u2019s data, 6&nbsp;267 ill patients are receiving treatment in private hospitals, while 3 236 are in public health institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The institution has advised people to adhere to preventative measures to limit the risk of contracting and spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 2&nbsp;144&nbsp;204 people have been vaccinated in South Africa, while 3&nbsp;656&nbsp;516 citizens have registered on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) to receive their jab.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organisation, since the outbreak, 178&nbsp;202 610 cases and 3&nbsp;865 738 deaths have been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the global community has administered 2&nbsp;412&nbsp;226 768 vaccine doses as of 20 June 2021. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has reported 9160 new COVID-19 cases, said the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). This as there were 36 858 COVID-19 tests conducted on Monday. This translated to a 24.9% positivity rate, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1&nbsp;832&nbsp;479. Of the latest infections, the majority were found in Gauteng (6 292), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-192817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sa-logs-over-9-000-new-covid-19-cases.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}