Globally, the numbers of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to decline. This is a trend that has been observed since August (Figure 1). Over 3.1 million new cases and just over 54 000 new deaths were reported during the week of 27 September to 3 October 2021. Cases this week decreased by 9% as […]
Read MoreWith nearly 4 million new cases reported globally in the past week (6-12 September), this represents the first substantial decline in weekly cases in more than two months (Figure 1). All regions reported declines in new cases as compared to the previous week. The number of deaths reported globally in the past week also decreased […]
Read MoreGlobally, the number of new cases reported this week remained similar to that of the previous week. With over 4.4 million new cases reported this week (30 August-5 September; Figure 1), the global incidence of COVID-19 cases has remained stable over the past month. In the past week, all regions reported either a decline (Regions […]
Read MoreCOVID-19: Delta and the multiple variants and mutants yet to come. Herd immunity is unlikely to be achieved in our lifetime. As with the H1N1 and HIV virus, global waves of COVID-19 and its variants and mutations can be expected to continue far beyond our lifespan and that of succeeding generations. Viruses are asexual parasitic […]
Read MoreCurrent 3rd wave statistics in South Africa: Cases -26% Tests -8% Test positivity at 15.9% Hospitalisations -15% Deaths -15% The below graphs show over a 7 day period: Average daily COVID-19 cases per week Average daily test positivity rates per week New COVID-19 hospital admissions per week Average daily COVID-19 deaths per week Sources: Ridhwaan […]
Read MoreThe 3rd wave is hanging on with increasing and decreasing case incidents and continues in the pattern. • There’s been some up & down movement but KZN, EC, FS & NC are all still on a general upward trend • In addition to highest cases today for NC, the average also moves to a new […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases has been increasing for the last two months, with over 4.4million cases reported in the past week (9 – 15 August 2021) (Figure 1). This increasing trend is largely attributed to increases in the Western Pacific Region and the Region of the Americas which reported 14% and 8% increases […]
Read MoreGauteng – 34.4% of new cases Western Cape – 16.9% of new cases KwaZulu-Natal – 16.4% of new cases each Eastern Cape – 9.3% of new cases each Free State – 5.3% of new cases each Mpumalanga – 5.2% of new cases North-West – 5.2% of new cases each Limpopo – 4.5% of new cases […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases has been increasing for more than a month, with over 4 million cases reported in the past week (26 July to 1 August 2021) (Figure 1). This increasing trend is largely attributed to substantial increases in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific Regions which reported 37% and 33% […]
Read MoreSouth Africa’s Pharmacist-Initiated Management of ART (PIMART) will potentially pave the way for other countries in helping the under reached and under-served groups and communities in gaining access to their HIV medicines, as PIMART seeks to improve these links to HIV treatment and prevention therapy among these communities and the way they obtain their medication. […]
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