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COVID-19: South Africa has not entered a new wave

MEDIA STATEMENT The recent rapid increase in the percentage testing positive for COVID-19 and the 7-day moving average of confirmed cases nationally, and across all provinces, is cause for concern. Data from the last reporting week (3 to 9 May 2021) showed an overall 46% new case increase in comparison to the previous reporting week […]

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (10 MAY 2021)

As of today the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 597 724. Province Total cases for 10 May 2021 Percentage total Eastern Cape 196307 12,3 Free State 92060 5,8 Gauteng 428717 26,8 KwaZulu-Natal 337397 21,1 Limpopo 64213 4,0 Mpumalanga 79113 5,0 North West 69291 4,3 Northern Cape 42327 2,6 Western

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COVID-19 UPDATE: NEW VARIANTS DETECTED IN SOUTH AFRICA

MEDIA STATEMENT The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, have sequenced COVID-19 specimens from individuals with a recent travel history to India. The institute can confirm that five of the specimens tested positive for B.1.617.2 (three cases from Gauteng and two from KwaZulu-Natal). The B.1.617.2 variant is

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