There were 39 654 COVID-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, with 3 658 new cases reported across the country. <\/P>
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According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this represents a 9.2% positivity rate.<\/P>
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Of the latest infections, Gauteng is leading with 814 cases, followed by 745 in the Western Cape, 329 in the Eastern Cape, 305 in Limpopo and 202 in the North West.<\/P>
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This means the country now has 3 564 578 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak. <\/P>
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In addition, 30 more patients lost their battle to COVID-19 related complications, pushing the tally to 93 551 to date.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, hospital admissions went up by 198 to 7 363 since the last reporting cycle.<\/P>
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According to the Department of Health, 85 885 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday, bringing the total to 29 084 975.<\/P>
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The department said 16 125 558 or 40.52% adults are now fully jabbed, while over one million vaccine doses have been given to children aged between the ages of 12 and 17.<\/P>
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Globally, as of 18 January 2022, there have been 328 532 929 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 542 359 deaths, reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/P>
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Global view<\/P>
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Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased between 10 and 16 January 2022, while deaths remained similar to that reported during the previous week.<\/P>
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According to the WHO, over 18 million new cases were reported this week, a 20% jump compared to the previous week in all regions.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, over 45 000 new fatalities were recorded.<\/P>
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\u201cDespite a slowdown of the increase in case incidence at the global level, all regions reported an increase in the incidence of weekly cases except for the African region, which reported a 27% decrease,\u201d the agency said on Tuesday.<\/P>
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The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States (4 688 466 new cases, similar to previous week\u2019s figures), France (2 012 943 new cases, a 26% increase), India (1 594 160 new cases, a 150% increase), Italy (1 268 153 new cases, a 25% increase), and the United Kingdom (813 326 new cases, a 33% decrease).<\/P>
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Among the 405 739 sequences with specimens collected in the last 30 days, 71.9% were Omicron, 28% were Delta, less than 0.1% were Gamma, Alpha and other circulating variants.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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