South Africa has reached yet another agonizing milestone.
More than three-million confirmed COVID-19
infections have been reported since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in
March 2020, in the country.
In the past day, 16 055 new COVID-19 cases
has been reported in South Africa.
The bulk of these infections were recorded in
Gauteng with 11 553, followed by the Western Cape with 957 new cases.
Sadly, 25 more people succumbed to the
respiratory disease bringing the total COVID-19 death toll in south Africa to
89 944.
The National Institute for Communicable
Diseases said there were also 279 hospital admissions in the past day, taking
the total number of people admitted for Covid-19 treatment to 3 202.
The Western Cape Health Department confirmed
that the province is now officially in a resurgence. This means that there has
been a steep increase in cases, albeit case numbers remain relatively low.
‘’We know that we are in a resurgence because
there has been an over 20% week-on-week percentage change in the 7-day moving
average of new cases. As
part of the departmental Resurgence Response plan, vaccination coverage remains
the key intervention to mitigate the impact of the fourth wave on the health
system,’’ says Western Cape Department of Health’s Communication Director, Marika
Champion.
Done By: Mitchum George
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