{"id":210350,"date":"2021-12-02T09:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T07:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-registers-over-8-500-new-covid-19-infections\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T09:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T07:13:56","slug":"sa-registers-over-8-500-new-covid-19-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-registers-over-8-500-new-covid-19-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"SA registers over 8 500 new COVID-19 infections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Africa\u2019s COVID-19 caseload has jumped by a whopping 8 561 new infections in the past 24 hours, an increase of 16.5% positivity rate.<\/p>\n

According to the data contained in the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) report, Gauteng remains the worst-hit province after 6 168 people tested positive, followed by 626 cases in the Western Cape, 476 in KwaZulu-Natal, 375 in Mpumalanga and 356 in the North West.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proportion of positive new cases or total new tested today is 16.5% which is higher than yesterday\u2019s 10.7%. The seven-day average is 10.3% today, which is higher than yesterday\u2019s 8.5%,\u201d the NICD said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In Gauteng, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research\u2019s Ridhwaan Suliman said the seven-day average was up 424% week-on-week, while the case incidence is doubling every 3.5 days.<\/p>\n

In addition, he said new admissions peaked by 144% last week or doubled about every six days.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, hospitalisations lag cases by one to three weeks, and with reporting delays need to wait a week to understand actual hospital admissions for the previous week,\u201d Suliman explained.<\/p>\n

The latest cases push the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 976 613 since the outbreak.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there are 28 more people who lost their lives to the COVID-19 related complications, bringing the tally to 89 871, while 135 were admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Department of Health said it distributed 165 775 new COVID-19 vaccines, of which 32 361 were given to children and 133 414 to over 18s.<\/p>\n

This takes the total number of administered doses in the country to 25 782 259, while 14 561 395 adults are now fully jabbed.<\/p>\n

In addition, the data shows that 510 255 children aged between 12 and 17 have now received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n

Globally, as of 1 December 2021, there have been 262 178 403 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 215 745 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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