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COVID-19 in South Africa: 2nd December 2021

The number of cases for COVID-19 in South Africa has risen sharply again, This as the National Department of Health’s (NDoH) latest report confirms that 8 561 cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours.

As has been the case since the start of the surge, Gauteng has been the most affected province in the country, accounting for the vast majority of new infections and recording 6 168 recently, according to the NICD.

Consequently, the total number of infections recorded to date now sits at 2 976 613. The NDoH also notes that 28 fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours too, as the death toll related to COVID-19 in South Africa rises to 89 871.

Other key figures sees the recovery rate drop to 95.8 percent, while more than 19.52 million tests have been conducted to date.

As for the vaccine rollout, the past 24 hours has seen 165 775 jabs administered. Whether the growing number of infections for the omicron variant of the virus will prompt more to get vaccinated, remains to be seen.

As of 17:00 on 1st December, a total of 25 728 259 vaccines have been administered throughout the country, with an estimated 14 561 395 people fully vaccinated at this stage.

The full outlook for COVID-19 in South Africa follows on below:

Provinces Confirmed Cases Recoveries Active cases Deaths
Western Cape 519 070 496 546 2 299 20 225
Eastern Cape 293 354 277 818 324 15 212
Northern Cape 93 379 90 502 489 2 388
Free State 165 736 157 149 1 495 7 092
KwaZulu-Natal 519 067 498 864 5 409 14 794
North West 154 656 148 609 1 693 4 354
Mpumalanga 154 349 151 290 1 047 2 012
Gauteng 953 019 911 345 21 976 19 698
Limpopo 123 983 118 019 1 868 4 096
Unknown 0
TOTAL 2 976 613 2 850 142 36 600 89 871

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:

[Image – Photo by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash]

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