Central SA
C.1.2 #Covid19 variant found in three Free State districts─── 10:56 Tue, 07 Sep 2021
The Free State Department of Health says they have detected the C.1.2 Covid-19 variant in three of the five districts of the province.
The department’s Dr Sammy Mokoena says the new variant has been detected in the Mangaung, Lejweleputswa, and Fezile Dabi Districts. The Free State accounted for 12% of new cases on Monday.
He says the Delta variant remains prevalent, however, they are concerned about the new variant. The Free State has surpassed the 152 000 infections mark.
Dr Mokoena has urged residents to continue taking care of themselves. “Almost 5% of the cases that have been seen in total in the province have been attributed to C.1.2 and that means our people should continue to take care of themselves, wear their masks, wash their hands, social distance and make sure that they vaccinate,” says Mokoena.
Jacaranda News reported the Limpopo province has recorded the lowest percentage of new Covid-19 cases in the country on Monday. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says in its latest report Limpopo accounted for just 1% of the new daily cases reported in the latest 24-hour period.
Nationally, there was a total of 4 118 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 824 063.
The institute says the latest increase represents a 14.0% positivity rate.
KwaZulu-Natal is still the epicentre, with 1 163 cases followed by the Eastern Cape with 1 005 cases.
“The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (28%), followed by Eastern Cape (24%). Free State accounted for 12%; Western Cape accounted for 11%; Northern Cape accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; Gauteng accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 4%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 1% of today’s new cases,” said the NICD.
A s of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in SA is 2 824 063 with 4 118 new cases reported. Today 198 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 83 617 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 2 599 667 with a recovery rate of 92,1% pic.twitter.com/52nrg546yq
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) September 6, 2021
A further 198 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, with the national total of fatalities in South Africa now standing at 83 617.
There has been an increase of 242 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours - 11 580 people are currently admitted in both public and private facilities.
On the vaccine front, 203 825 vaccines were administered on Monday.
