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COVID-19 in South Africa: 7th December 2021

This week we are inspecting each new report from the National Department of Health (NDoH) on COVID-19 in South Africa with increasing scrutiny.

This as the impact of the Omicron variant of the virus is still being assessed, with decisions regarding lockdown and what the next few weeks for the country will hold, being based off of what is discovered.

For now, it looks like numbers are erratic, with 6 381 cases recorded over the past 24 hours, which is far less than the previous day. This may simply be a result of it being early in the week, with numbers normally rising as the week progresses.

Consequently, the total number of infections recorded to date now sit at 3 038 075, with the recovery rate dropping slightly to 94.2 percent as a result and over 19.78 million tests having been conducted so far.

The NDoH also confirms that nine fatalities have been reported too, as the death toll related to COVID-19 in South Africa has risen to 89 975.

Either way, we will need to wait to see what the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) decides when they meet later this week.

As for the vaccine rollout, 133 468 vaccines have been administered over the past 24 hours. As of 17:00 on 6th December, a total of 26 490 416 jabs have been administered across the country.

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

Provinces Confirmed Cases Recoveries Active cases Deaths
Western Cape 522 934 496 576 6 106 20 252
Eastern Cape 294 424 278 054 1 153 15 217
Northern Cape 93 739 90 573 763 2 403
Free State 166 984 157 259 2 624 7 101
KwaZulu-Natal 522 921 500 210 7 913 14 798
North West 157 143 148 609 4 180 4 354
Mpumalanga 156 929 151 587 3 324 2 018
Gauteng 996 911 919 978 57 209 19 724
Limpopo 126 090 118 526 3 456 4 108
Unknown 0
TOTAL 3 038 075 2 861 372 86 728 89 975

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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