{"id":44845,"date":"2021-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=259c0efc3e7d8b0c55a7c76b29d7c2c7"},"modified":"2021-12-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:00:00","slug":"sa-records-over-9-000-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/sa-records-over-9-000-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records over 9 000 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa has recorded at least 9020 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24-hour cycle, with a positivity rate of 26%.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This brings the total number of cases to 3 433 554.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
COVID-19 related deaths have increased by 81, with fatalities now reaching 90 935.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of cases were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal with 2 522. The Western Cape recorded 1 961 new cases and Gauteng accounted for 1 859 new cases.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Eastern Cape accounted for 950 cases, Free State 486, Limpopo 344, Mpumalanga 364, North West 341 and the Northern Cape 193.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proportion of positive new cases\/total new tested today is 26%, which is higher than yesterday (23.6%). The 7-day average is 26.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (26.8%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased,\u201d the institute said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hospitalisations due to the virus increased by at least 300 more cases overnight, with at least 458 people seeking admission.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Some 48 874 more COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Wednesday, which now brings the total number of vaccinations to about 27.9 million.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Africa has recorded at least 9020 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24-hour cycle, with a positivity rate of 26%.This brings the total number of cases to 3 433 554.COVID-19 related deaths have increased by 81, with fatalities now reaching 90 93…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n