{"id":38115,"date":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=890780ea9fb9d47fc694c6a16863d3e9"},"modified":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","slug":"sa-detects-over-15-400-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/sa-detects-over-15-400-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA detects over 15 400 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa conducted 50 377 COVID-19 tests on Sunday, with 15 465 new cases detected.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of new cases in the past 24 hours were from KwaZulu-Natal (4 135), followed by Gauteng (3 582), Western Cape (2 849), Eastern Cape (1 303) and Free State (1 104), while the rest of the provinces recorded less than a thousand new infections.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The latest figures represent a positivity rate of 30.7%, pushing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 308 074.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In addition, a further three people succumbed to complications related to the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 90 348 since the outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 7 951 people are currently receiving treatment in hospital, 87 of which were admitted since the last reporting cycle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to the Department of Health, there are 5 317 administered vaccines, 1 235 of which were given to children.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This brings the total number of distributed vaccines to 27 521 386, while 15 349 159 or 38.57% adults are now fully jabbed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The department\u2019s data show that 832 571 doses have been given to children between the ages of 12 and 17.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The number of immunocompromised people who have received an additional dose now stands at 7 696.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Globally, as of 17 December 2021, there have been 271 963 258 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 331 019 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Africa conducted 50 377 COVID-19 tests on Sunday, with 15 465 new cases detected.According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of new cases in the past 24 hours were from KwaZulu-Natal (4 135), followed by Gau…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n