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NO EVIDENCE THAT 501.V2 VARIANT IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN UK VARIANT

Media Statement   NO EVIDENCE THAT THE 501.V2 VARIANT IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE UK VARIANT COVID-19 has caused global devastation and most nations of the world have felt the impact of having to deal with a novel contagious disease. The global response to this pandemic has been anchored by sound evidence, based on scientific re- […]

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (22 DEC 2020)

22 December 2020 As of today, a cumulative total of 940 212 cases of COVID-19 have been identified.   Province Total cases for 22 December 2020 Percentage total Eastern Cape 161186 17,1 Free State 60805 6,5 Gauteng 259962 27,6 KwaZulu-Natal 162680 17,3 Limpopo 20519 2,2 Mpumalanga 33493 3,6 North West 37090 3,9 Northern Cape 24300

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (20 DEC 2020)

Today the cumulative number of cases stands at 921 922 with 9446 New cases. Province Total cases for 20 December 2020 Percentage total Eastern Cape 158484 17,2 Free State 60457 6,6 Gauteng 256595 27,8 KwaZulu-Natal 157432 17,1 Limpopo 20220 2,2 Mpumalanga 33228 3,6 North West 36678 4,0 Northern Cape 24164 2,6 Western Cape 174664 18,9

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Latest confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Africa (19 Dec 2020)

Today the cumulative number of cases stands at 912 477 with 10 939 new cases identified since the last report. Province Total cases for 19 December 2020 Percentage total Eastern Cape 157209 17,2 Free State 60332 6,6 Gauteng 254649 27,9 KwaZulu-Natal 154535 16,9 Limpopo 20027 2,2 Mpumalanga 33025 3,6 North West 36532 4,0 Northern Cape

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The emergence of a mutated SARS-CoV-2 lineage in South Africa

Updated 07 January 2021. The Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA), which includes the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University (SUN), has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, since March 2020. NGS-SA recently detected a new

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (17 DEC 2020)

Today the cumulative number of cases stands at 892 813 with 9131 New cases.  Province Total cases for 17 December 2020 Percentage total Eastern Cape 154743 17,3 Free State 60094 6,7 Gauteng 250910 28,1 KwaZulu-Natal 149182 16,7 Limpopo 19686 2,2 Mpumalanga 32730 3,7 North West 36187 4,1 Northern Cape 23934 2,7 Western Cape 165347 18,5

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