{"id":42220,"date":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/?guid=17d45fb9eeb0433b6a4339394cc2ee02"},"modified":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"sa-records-over-1-900-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/sa-records-over-1-900-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records over 1 900 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa conducted 22 567 new COVID-19 tests in the past 24 hours, of which 1 931 were positive, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Sunday.<\/P>
The majority of new cases were recorded in Gauteng after 494 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus, followed by 386 in the Western Cape and 371 in KwaZulu-Natal, pushing the positivity rate to 8.6%.<\/P>
This means the country now has 3 581 359 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic, while the death toll stands at 94 177 after 114 more people lost their lives.<\/P>
However, according to the Department of Health, of the latest fatalities, only 17 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours.<\/P>
Meanwhile, hospital admissions have increased by 26 in the past 24 hours to 6 595.<\/P>
The statistics show that there are currently 75 627 active cases, while the country\u2019s recovery rate is sitting at 95.3%.<\/P>
According to the department, 5 120 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered since the last reporting cycle, bringing the total to 29 369 021.<\/P>
In addition, the country is now home to 16 262 118 adults who are fully vaccinated.<\/P>
Of the over 6 072 people who are aged 12 and over in hospital, 4 438 are unvaccinated, while 1 411 are fully jabbed and 223 partially vaccinated.<\/P>
Globally, as of 21 January 2022, there have been 340 543 962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 570 163 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation. <\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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