South Africa has recorded 9 860 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 504 554.
This increase represents a 21.0% positivity rate. The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (27%), followed by Gauteng (22%).
A further 45 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 92 112.
21 441 211 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
The latest coronavirus statistics in South Africa:
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Tackling Omicron
The Africa Centre for Disease Control’s Dr. John Nkengasong has however, praised South Africa’s approach in tackling the Omicron variant. He says as much as the country has seen a sharp increase, there are signs that the cases are on the decline.
“In terms of the trends in South Africa, we are seeing infections of COVID-19 due to Omicron increase very rapidly but also decrease very quickly. So, I think that is a very good sign to the extent that South Africa did not even need to go into a lockdown during this wave.”
The Africa Centre for Disease Control briefing on the status of the fight against coronavirus in Africa:
