{"id":210658,"date":"2021-12-06T09:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T07:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/11-125-more-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-sa\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T07:13:45","slug":"11-125-more-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/11-125-more-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"11 125 more people test positive for COVID-19 in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202112\/nursessnipped2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s COVID-19 cases continue to soar, with over 11 000 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The country has reported 11&nbsp;125 new COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>This means there are now 3 031 694 confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Gauteng remains the hardest-hit province after 7 929 people tested positive, followed by 807 in the Western Cape and 687 in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase represents a 23.8% positivity rate,\u201d the NICD said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the COVID-19 death toll is now nearing 90&nbsp;000.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the Department of Health, the NICD said the death toll is now 89 966 after one more patient lost the battle to the respiratory disease.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, hospital admissions have now increased to 3 268 after 28 more people were admitted in the past 24 hours. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the department reported that it administered 22 145 new COVID-19 jabs, of which 5 452 were given to children aged between 12 and 17.<\/p>\n<p>Data also shows that South Africa is now home to 14 764 570 or 36% fully vaccinated adults, while a total of 591 022 adolescents are now jabbed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the department has now administered 183 866 booster shots of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 3 December 2021, there have been 263 563 622 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 232 562 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s COVID-19 cases continue to soar, with over 11 000 new cases reported in the past 24 hours. The country has reported 11&nbsp;125 new COVID-19 cases. This means there are now 3 031 694 confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak. 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