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The number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 243 as of 27 March 2020, bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases to 1170. There has also been 1 death related to COVID-19, in the Western Cape. Following the growing number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), […]

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Service will continue functioning as a reference and surveillance laboratory for COVID-19. This will include resolving and troubleshooting indeterminate and other unusual results as well as providing other reference laboratory functions. In addition, the NICD will conduct testing on routine surveillance samples

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to monitor COVID-19 trends and transmission rates.  The NICD, as of 22 March 2020, confirms 34 new additional cases that have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 274. Of the 274 cases, 208

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, as of 21 March 2020, can confirm 38 new additional cases that have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen for COVID-19. To date, South Africa has a total of 240 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the announcement of the first

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, notes the alarm brought about by the publication of a preliminary prediction model of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa. The South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) model was a very preliminary static model developed to assess

Following the expansion of national-wide routine testing for SARS-CoV-2 in public and private laboratories, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, will start to transition to functioning as a reference and surveillance laboratory for COVID-19. This will include resolving and troubleshooting indeterminate and other unusual results as

Since the activation of the first COVID-19 public hotline number, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, has recorded high call volumes from the public hotline wherein a total of 324 062 calls have been received to date.  As such, we have added two additional hotline numbers to

COVID-19 cases in South Africa continue to rise, with private and public laboratories now fully equipped to test for SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen for COVID-19. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, is closely monitoring the status of COVID-19 in the country and as of 17 March

Following the declaration of a National Disaster for COVID-19 in South Africa by President Cyril Ramaphosa, the National Institute for Communicable (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), continues to enhance outbreak response activities to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Since the commencement of the outbreak, the NICD, the

While we continue to see an increase in COVID-19 positive cases in South Africa, there is currently no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 is circulating in South Africa’s population; however, the status of COVID-19 transmission is increasingly likely to shift based on trends found in other parts of the world. We call on all South