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SA out of third #Covid19 wave: NICD

───   08:54 Sun, 26 Sep 2021

SA out of third #Covid19 wave: NICD | News Article
Image: Pixabay - Fernando Zhiminaicela

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says the average number of new daily cases of Covid-19, the positivity rate, and the testing rate all continue to decrease.

This means that nationally, the country has exited the third wave. 

The NICD has confirmed that 1 634 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded over the latest reporting period.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2 895 975.

The increase in new cases represents a 6.6% positivity rate.

The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (21%), followed by the Western Cape (18%), while the Nothern Cape accounted for 16%. 

The death toll in the country has, meanwhile, surpassed 87 000, after a further 34 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported.

A total of 16 814 890 vaccines have now been administered in the country, with 29 956 vaccines administered in the last 24 hours. 


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