{"id":209563,"date":"2021-11-25T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T07:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sas-new-covid-19-cases-surpass-1-000-on-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T07:52:01","slug":"sas-new-covid-19-cases-surpass-1-000-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sas-new-covid-19-cases-surpass-1-000-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s new COVID-19 cases surpass 1 000 on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202111\/covid1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa on Wednesday recorded over 1 000 new COVID-19 cases, of which 80% were logged in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), 1 018 infections were detected in Gauteng after the province reported 605 cases on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The data shows that the second hardest-hit province was the Western Cape after 61 additional cases were identified, followed by 44 in KwaZulu-Natal and 43 in the North West.<\/p>\n<p>This means there are now 2 950 035 known cases across the country since the outbreak after a total of 1 275 new infections were recorded countrywide, while the positivity rate is edging towards 4%.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research&#8217;s Senior Researcher, Ridhwaan Suliman, the increase in COVID-19 cases in Gauteng continues after a cluster outbreak in Tshwane.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Suliman said the North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga are also peaking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Test positivity and hospital admissions are also on the rise,&#8221; he said in a Tweet, adding that while the absolute numbers are still low enough to get on top of this, the response must be swift.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the NICD cited the Department of Health, which stated 22&nbsp;more people lost their lives to the disease, bringing the death toll to 89 657&nbsp;to date.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 2 106 patients are currently receiving hospital treatment for Coronavirus after 53 were admitted in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the department, South Africa has now administered over 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, of which 129 660 were given since the last reporting cycle.<\/p>\n<p>This pushes the total number of administered jabs to 25 002 232.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there are now 14 115 744 or 35.2% of the adults who are fully vaccinated. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa on Wednesday recorded over 1 000 new COVID-19 cases, of which 80% were logged in Gauteng. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), 1 018 infections were detected in Gauteng after the province reported 605 cases on Tuesday. 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