{"id":202565,"date":"2021-09-20T18:54:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus--south-africa-new-covid19-infections-on-a-downward-trend?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-20T18:54:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:54:46","slug":"coronavirus-south-africa-new-covid-19-infections-on-a-downward-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-south-africa-new-covid-19-infections-on-a-downward-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus &#8211; South Africa: New COVID-19 Infections on a Downward Trend"},"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>The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says the country is experiencing a sustained downward trend in new COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the country recorded 2 281 new laboratory confirmed cases, with 58 new COVID-19 related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>There were 79 new hospitalisations as a result of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The total number of cases&hellip; is lower than yesterday and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the seven preceding days. The seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased,&rdquo; the NICD said.<\/p>\n<p>The institute said the new cases represent a positivity rate of 7.4%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The majority of new cases&hellip; are from KwaZulu-Natal (518), followed by Western Cape (390). Northern Cape (309) and Eastern Cape (321), Gauteng Province accounted for (235), Free State accounted for 212; Mpumalanga accounted for 148; North West accounted for 124 and Limpopo accounted for 24 of&hellip; new cases,&rdquo; the institute said.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 2, 882, 630, with 86, 174 people succumbing to illnesses related to the disease.<\/p>\n<p>At least 17, 598 vaccines were administered on Sunday, bringing the total number of vaccines administered to just under 16 million.<\/p>\n<p>Fully vaccinated individuals now account for at least 7.9 million people in the country.<\/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 The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says the country is experiencing a sustained downward trend in new COVID-19 infections. On Sunday, the country recorded 2 281 new laboratory confirmed cases, with 58 new COVID-19 related deaths. 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