The risk of a hospitalised person dying from Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape was almost double (1.9 times) the risk of someone dying of the disease in the Western Cape. In the largely rural provinces of Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, the risk of hospital patients dying from Covid-19 was respectively 1.7 and 1.5 times that in the Western Cape. This is according to a study recently published in the SA Journal […]
Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Thursday showed there were 2,970 new Covid-19 cases that had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,963,394. The NICD said this increase represents a 11.6% positivity rate. The national health department reported another 31 deaths, 10 of which occurred in the past […]
South Africa has recorded 5 284 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 941 045. The increase represents a 17.3% positivity rate. According to the NICD, “Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health , there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the Department reports 41 deaths, and of these, six occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings […]
South Africa has recorded 4 227 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 935 761. This increase represents a 15.7% positivity rate. According to the NICD, “Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health, there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 50 deaths, and of these, 14 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This […]
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 828 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa (SA), which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,732,075. This increase represents a 5.3% positivity rate. Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. "Today NDoH reports no new deaths. Total fatalities are 100,096 to date," […]
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 685 new COVID-19 cases in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 723 639. The two new deaths bring the total fatalities to 100 052 since the outbreak of the pandemic. The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng, followed by KwaZulu-Natal. 23 922 395 tests have been conducted in both the public and private […]
Two Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in SA in past 24 to 48 hours. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Sunday night an ongoing audit by the health department may have resulted in a backlog of mortality cases reported. The total number of deaths to date stands at 99,881. The NICD said 889 new Covid-19 cases had been reported in the past 24 hours, with a positivity […]
South Africa has recorded 1 671 new COVID-19 cases. The total number of infections since the pandemic hit the country now stands at 3 691 962. This increase represents a 7.5% positivity rate. Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 28 deaths and of these, six occurred in the past 24 […]
LOCAL South Africa’s test positivity rate for Covid-19 remained at 14% during the latest reporting period. A total of 5 668 cases were confirmed, with 119 fatalities. The death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 92 649. The Health Department says most of the new cases, namely 1 432, were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, followed by the Western Cape with 1 310 and Gauteng with 1 151. […]
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