As the country prepares for another weekend dealing with COVID-19 in South Africa, the numbers this week have looked mixed, with cases being relatively low, but fatalities still high.
The same goes for the latest report from the National Department of Health (NDoH). To that end 3 962 cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, while 139 deaths have been reported too.
As has been the case this week, the NDoH provided a note alongside the report to explain that it has currently in an audit process, which would impact the daily fatality numbers in particular.
“Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 139 deaths and of these, 31 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 93 846 to date,” it explained.
The total number of infections to date now sit at 3 572 860, with the recovery rate remaining at 95 percent and over 21,93 million tests having been conducted so far.
Shifting focus to the vaccine rollout, the past 24 hours sees turnout at sites across the country improve compared to the previous day. To that end, 82 098 jabs have been administered, with a total of 29 251 262 vaccines administered in SA as of 17:00 on 20th January 2022.
The full outlook for COVID-19 in South Africa follows on below:
| Provinces | Confirmed Cases | Recoveries | Active cases | Deaths |
| Western Cape | 622 799 | 589 226 | 12 210 | 21 363 |
| Eastern Cape | 339 285 | 319 591 | 3 777 | 15 917 |
| Northern Cape | 106 147 | 97 902 | 5 744 | 2 501 |
| Free State | 194 905 | 179 467 | 8 096 | 7 342 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 638 294 | 588 109 | 34 557 | 15 628 |
| North West | 183 791 | 172 796 | 6 520 | 4 475 |
| Mpumalanga | 181 770 | 177 770 | 1 959 | 2 041 |
| Gauteng | 1 158 675 | 1 129 315 | 8 980 | 20 380 |
| Limpopo | 147 194 | 140 351 | 2 644 | 4 199 |
| Unknown | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | 3 572 860 | 3 394 527 | 84 487 | 93 846 |
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 Simon Hurry on Unsplash]
