{"id":196916,"date":"2021-08-02T13:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T11:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus--south-africa-sa-detects-8-791-new-covid19-cases-with-178-deaths?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-08-02T13:56:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T11:56:23","slug":"coronavirus-south-africa-sa-detects-8-791-new-covid-19-cases-with-178-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-south-africa-sa-detects-8-791-new-covid-19-cases-with-178-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus &#8211; South Africa: SA Detects 8 791 new COVID-19 Cases, with 178 Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/912c4d03d14212b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/912c4d03d14212b\" alt=\"South African Government\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/912c4d03d14212b\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Africa recorded 8&nbsp;791 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the number of deaths climbed by 178.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This means that the country now has 2 456&nbsp;184 laboratory-confirmed cases and a death toll of 72&nbsp;191.<\/p>\n<p>According to the&nbsp;National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of new cases were logged in the Western Cape after 2 333 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The province is followed by 2&nbsp;040 cases in Gauteng and 1&nbsp;796 in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This increase represents a&nbsp;23% positivity rate,&rdquo; the NICD said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the institution reported an increase of 204 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, a decrease from those that were reported on Saturday, pushing the total to 15&nbsp;641. The country has 153&nbsp;122 active cases.<\/p>\n<p>The information is based on the 14 901&nbsp;093 tests conducted,&nbsp; 38&nbsp;234 of which were performed since the last reporting cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, South Africa administered 17&nbsp;390 COVID-19 vaccines in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number to 7&nbsp;567&nbsp;757.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of South African Government.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo South Africa recorded 8&nbsp;791 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the number of deaths climbed by 178.&nbsp; This means that the country now has 2 456&nbsp;184 laboratory-confirmed cases and a death toll of 72&nbsp;191. 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