{"id":213951,"date":"2022-01-19T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T07:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-records-close-to-3-700-new-covid-19-cases-with-30-deaths\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T07:26:33","slug":"sa-records-close-to-3-700-new-covid-19-cases-with-30-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-records-close-to-3-700-new-covid-19-cases-with-30-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records close to 3 700 new COVID-19 cases, with 30 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There were 39 654 COVID-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, with 3 658 new cases reported across the country. <\/p>\n

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this represents a 9.2% positivity rate.<\/p>\n

Of the latest infections, Gauteng is leading with 814 cases, followed by 745 in the Western Cape, 329 in the Eastern Cape, 305 in Limpopo and 202 in the North West.<\/p>\n

This means the country now has 3 564 578 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak. <\/p>\n

In addition, 30 more patients lost their battle to COVID-19 related complications, pushing the tally to 93 551 to date.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, hospital admissions went up by 198 to 7 363 since the last reporting cycle.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Health, 85 885 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday, bringing the total to 29 084 975.<\/p>\n

The department said 16 125 558 or 40.52% adults are now fully jabbed, while over one million vaccine doses have been given to children aged between the ages of 12 and 17.<\/p>\n

Globally, as of 18 January 2022, there have been 328 532 929 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 542 359 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n

Global view<\/strong><\/p>\n

Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased between 10 and 16 January 2022, while deaths remained similar to that reported during the previous week.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO, over 18 million new cases were reported this week, a 20% jump compared to the previous week in all regions.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over 45 000 new fatalities were recorded.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite a slowdown of the increase in case incidence at the global level, all regions reported an increase in the incidence of weekly cases except for the African region, which reported a 27% decrease,\u201d the agency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States (4 688 466 new cases, similar to previous week\u2019s figures), France (2 012 943 new cases, a 26% increase), India (1 594 160 new cases, a 150% increase), Italy (1 268 153 new cases, a 25% increase), and the United Kingdom (813 326 new cases, a 33% decrease).<\/p>\n

Among the 405 739 sequences with specimens collected in the last 30 days, 71.9% were Omicron, 28% were Delta, less than 0.1% were Gamma, Alpha and other circulating variants. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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