South Africa exits third-wave of COVID-19 infections
South Africa has officially exited its third wave of Covid-19 infections. According to a statement by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), as of Sunday, the country recorded 2 896 943 laboratory-confirmed cases.
"Nationally,
we have exited the third wave, according to the current definition. The
national seven-day moving average of daily case Gauteng has recorded 915 609
confirmed cases in total, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 510 337 cases and
the Western Cape with 508 715.
"The majority of new cases today (Sunday)
are from KwaZulu-Natal (28%), followed by Eastern Cape (17%). Western Cape
accounted for 12%; Free State accounted for 10%; Gauteng province, North West
and Northern Cape each accounted for 8%, respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for
7%, and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today's new cases," said NICD spokesperson
Sinenhlanhla Jimoh.
KwaZulu-Natal recorded 272 new cases on Sunday,
the Eastern Cape 169 and the Western Cape 115.
There was an increase of 56 hospital admissions
in the last 24-hour reporting cycle. As of Sunday, 7 172 people were in both
public and private hospitals for Covid-19.
''numbers,
positivity rate, and testing rate continue to decrease, with sustained
decreases seen in all provinces," the statement read.
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