Total doses administered: 3,314,278 (18% increase week on week) Total registrations: 3,974,361 (3.25% increase) 7-day average: 89K doses per day (12% increase) National coverage (adult population): 8.30% Sources: Dr Jabu Mtsweni, Researcher at CSIR Copyright © 2021 medworx, All rights reserved
Read MoreThe 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 Suliman, Senior Researcher at CSIR Copyright © 2021 medworx, All rights reserved
Read MoreIn the last 7 days: 16,585 new cases 54,879 tests conducted 30.2% test positivity 333 more deaths Sources: Sugan Naidoo, South African Statistician Copyright © 2021 medworx, All rights reserved
Read MoreVariants of Concern A SARS-CoV-2 variant that meets the definition of a VOI (see below) and, through a comparative assessment, has been demonstrated to be associated with one or more of the following changes at a degree of global public health significance: Increase in transmissibility or detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology; or Increase in virulence or change […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases over the past week (21-27 June 2021) was over 2.6 million, a similar number compared to the previous week (Figure 1). The number of weekly deaths continued to decrease, with more than 57 000 deaths reported in the past week, a 10% decrease as compared to the previous week. […]
Read MoreThe Delta Variant of COVID-19 is spreading through South Africa rapidly and is overtaking the Beta Variant namely in Gauteng and KZN, which was the most common in South Africa. The Delta variant is thus far the most dangerous and deadliest variant yet, as proven by the third wave in South Africa and the spread […]
Read MoreSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on the 27th June 2021 to give COVID-19 updates as well as put South Africa on adjusted level 4. The updated restrictions include the below as of the 28h June 2021: Curfew will now be from 21h00 to 04h00. Travel in and out of Gauteng will ONLY […]
Read MoreThe number of vaccines administered for the first Pfizer dose was lower than the previous 2 weeks due to the public holiday, however there were still a few good days last week as per the below graph. The Western Cape and Limpopo Provinces still have the biggest improvement in number of vaccines administered so far […]
Read MoreFrom the last report, the numbers have changed drastically as South Africa is now fully into its third wave. All provinces except for the Free State increased in hospitalisations in the last 14 days. 2000 new hospital admissions for Gauteng as it maintains its rapid rise in cases. The upward trend in deaths continue in […]
Read MoreOver the past week as of the 20th June 2021, the decrease of COVID-19 new cases and deaths around the world has continued. This amounts to over 2.5 million new cases, a decrease of 6% and 64 000 new deaths, a decrease of 12%. In the last week the world is continuing to experience the lower […]
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