{"id":211081,"date":"2021-12-10T09:32:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T07:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-records-over-22-000-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T07:32:38","slug":"sa-records-over-22-000-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-records-over-22-000-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records over 22 000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202112\/testtubes2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has recorded 22&nbsp;391 new COVID-19 cases, representing a 29.8% positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>This means there are now 3 093 452 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This as there has been19&nbsp;988 045&nbsp;tests conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng recorded the highest number of infections after 11 791 people tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>The province is followed by 2 756 cases in KwaZulu-Natal, 2 194 in the Western Cape, 1 308 in the North West, 1008 in Free State and 1 055 in Limpopo. The rest of the provinces recorded less than 1 000 additional infections.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 22 more people succumbed to the virus, pushing the death toll to 90 060 to date.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, hospital admissions now stand at 4 795 after 453 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health administered 127 315 COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, of which 25 551 were given to children.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data, this brings the number of distributed jabs to 26 917 603 since the rollout programme, while 15 050 133 or 37.5% adults are now fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the number of children aged between 12 and 17 who received their first jab of the Pfizer vaccine has risen to 707 483.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, as of 9 December 2021, there have been 267 184 623 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5 277 327 deaths, reported to World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, over eight billion vaccine doses have been administered as of 8 December 2021. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded 22&nbsp;391 new COVID-19 cases, representing a 29.8% positivity rate. This means there are now 3 093 452 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday. This as there has been19&nbsp;988 045&nbsp;tests conducted. 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