South Africa
More than 9,000 new #Covid19 cases with 140 deaths recorded─── 07:20 Sat, 08 Jan 2022
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 9,260 new Covid-19 cases in the country in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
In a statement, the NICD says this increase represents a 20.2% positivity rate.
The National Department of Health (DoH) reported a further 140 Covid-19 related deaths, bringing total fatalities to 92,252 to date.
The majority of new cases are from the Western Cape (26%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (25%).
Gauteng accounted for 20%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 5%; and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, and Northern Cape each accounted for 4% respectively of the cases.
According to the NICD, the 7-day average was 21.7% on Friday night, which is lower than the previous day (22.7%).
"There has been an increase of 361 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours," said the NICD.
