As this week has progressed, the number of newly recorded infections and fatalities related to COVID-19 in South Africa has been on the rise.
The latest report from the National Department of Health (NDoH) confirms that 13 251 infections and 515 fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours, with the latter figure proving particularly concerning. As such the country is yet to shake off the impact of the delta variant of the virus and, while we are no longer amid the surging numbers of a couple of months ago, the current statistics remain high.
Looking at the other figures in the latest report, the total number of infections recorded to date now sits at 2 722 202, while the death toll related to COVID-19 in South Africa has increased to 80 469.
The recovery rate has dropped slightly to 90.9 percent due to the increase in cases and the NDoH says over 16.16 million tests have been conducted to date.
It therefore places an even greater importance on people being vaccinated. Speaking of which, as of 17:00 on 25th August, a total of 11 363 810 vaccines have been administered so far, with 268 712 jabs given out over the past 24 hours. The estimated number of people inoculated at this stage is now 5 295 385.
The full breakdown of COVID-19 in South Africa is as follows:
| Provinces | Confirmed Cases | Recoveries | Active cases | Deaths |
| Western Cape | 473 468 | 421 041 | 34 665 | 17 762 |
| Eastern Cape | 260 111 | 230 855 | 15 712 | 13 544 |
| Northern Cape | 78 199 | 69 591 | 6 657 | 1 951 |
| Free State | 144 322 | 123 222 | 14 894 | 6 206 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 463 483 | 390 497 | 59 781 | 13 205 |
| North West | 141 080 | 121 069 | 16 359 | 3 652 |
| Mpumalanga | 141 764 | 134 524 | 5 399 | 1 841 |
| Gauteng | 900 916 | 871 650 | 10 774 | 18 492 |
| Limpopo | 118 859 | 111 796 | 3 247 | 3 816 |
| Unknown | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | 2 722 202 | 2 474 245 | 167 488 | 80 469 |
As always, in order to stay up to date with the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and abroad, we advise the following materials and platforms:
- COVID-19 Connect on WhatsApp – add 0600 123 456 as a contact and say “Hi”.
- World Health Organisation
- SA Coronavirus website
- SA Government
- SA Presidency
[Image – Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash]
