{"id":212235,"date":"2021-12-23T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T08:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-records-21-099-new-covid-19-cases\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T10:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T08:15:47","slug":"sa-records-21-099-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-records-21-099-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 21 099 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202112\/testtubes2_0.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa reported 21 099 new daily Coronavirus cases, the highest since the week began.<\/p>\n<p>This means the country now has 3 353 106 confirmed cases, while the death toll stands at 90 587 after 99 more people lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), KwaZulu-Natal, which is currently the epicentre of the fourth wave, accounted for 5 411 new infections.<\/p>\n<p>It is followed by the Western Cape with 4 609 cases, 3 807 in Gauteng and 2 327 in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase represents a 30.6% positivity rate,\u201d the NICD said on Wednesday, adding that the seven-day average was 29.8%, lower than the 30.1% that was recorded on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 9 324 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalised, of which 593 were admitted in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, the cumulative number of people who have beat COVID-19 stands at 3 052 399, translating to a recovery rate of 91%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the department announced that it administered 58 349 new COVID-19 vaccines, of which 34 642 were first doses of either Pfizer or Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>This pushes the number of distributed vaccines since the start of the rollout programme to 27 733 331.<\/p>\n<p>The latest data show that 15 463 240 or 38.85% adults are now fully jabbed in South Africa, while 17 728 079 over 18s have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccines administered locally.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 873 570 vaccines have been given to children aged between 12 and 17. 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