{"id":39079,"date":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=d0a8f888c6874f35612d5a83d6c0662d"},"modified":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","slug":"sa-reports-2-597-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/sa-reports-2-597-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA reports 2 597 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa recorded 2 597 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, pushing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 559 230 since the outbreak.<\/P>
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The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape after 721 people tested positive, followed by 602 in Gauteng, 547 in KwaZulu-Natal, 167 in the Eastern Cape, 129 in the Northern Cape and 122 in Limpopo, while the rest of the provinces logged less than 100 infections.<\/P>
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According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the latest increase represents a 10.6% positivity rate.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, the Department of Health reported 86 deaths due to the ongoing audit exercise, of which only 25 occurred in the past 24 to 48-hour reporting cycle.<\/P>
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This means the death toll now stands at 93 364 to date, while there has been an increase of 42 hospital admissions.<\/P>
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In addition, the country administered 4 374 vaccine doses since the last reporting cycle, which brings the tally to 28 903 010 jabs.<\/P>
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The department said 16 036 025 or 40.29% adults South Africans are now fully jabbed, while 1 072 280 children between ages 12 and 17 have received their vaccine.<\/P>
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Of the 7 441 people who are currently receiving hospital treatment for COVID-19, 5 413 are unvaccinated, 310 are partially jabbed and 1 718 are fully vaxxed.<\/P>
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Globally, as of 14 January 2022, there have been 318 648 834 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 518 343 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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