COVID-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 MoreCOVID-19 vaccination is so effective at reducing the risk of hospitalisation and death that, when it comes to premiums, Discovery Life has advised that refusal to be vaccinated, which carries the same risk as smoking and other lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, will result in premiums being loaded accordingly. Sources: South African Private Practitioners Forum […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases reported last week (19-25 July 2021) was over 3.8 million, an 8% increase as compared to the previous week (Figure 1); an average of around 540 000 cases were reported each day over the past week as compared to 490 000 cases reported daily the week before. This trend […]
Read MoreAs of 26th July 2021, South Africa went from adjusted level 4 down to adjusted level 3 relaxing only some of the restrictions. On Monday 26th July 2021, Aspen released the first Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 Vaccine doses from the Gqeberha Plant in the Eastern Cape, to be distributed locally and into Africa. Currently, […]
Read MoreThe global number of new cases reported last week (12-18 July 2021) was over 3.4 million, a 12% increase as compared to the previous week (Figure 1). Globally, COVID-19 weekly case incidence increased with an average of around 490 000 cases reported each day over the past week as compared to 400 000 cases reported […]
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