Covid-19: Don’t become complacent
However, at the time of writing, the overall number of Covid-19 deaths had passed the 19 500 mark in South Africa.
The Covid-19 infection rate is showing signs of a downward trend, however the public is warned not to become complacent and to take the necessary precautions to safeguard themselves.
According to the latest statistics, KwaZulu-Natal had recorded 77 new cases. Of the 123 387 positive cases identified, 6 946 were active.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Sihle Zikalala had recently warned of the possibility of another hard lockdown because people “had thrown caution to the wind and had gone back to their old ways”.
So far, in the Ugu District there are 5 129 confirmed cases, 4 296 recoveries and 121 deaths.
However, at the time of writing, the overall number of Covid-19 deaths had passed the 19 500 mark in South Africa.
Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, reported that the total number of Covid-19 cases was 728 836, with 50 048 active cases.
The recovery rate was 90 percent, with 659 249 patients having recuperated to date.
People are urged to use face masks, sanitise regularly and observe an appropriate social distance.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa had experienced a four-week trend with a gradual rise in the number of new cases reported in the past seven days, with almost 33 000 new cases – one percent of new global cases.
However, the number of newly reported deaths had continued to decline since a spike was observed three weeks ago following South Africa’s “retrospective capturing” of a large number of deaths, the organisation said.
According to WHO, South Africa, Kenya, and Ethiopia continued to report the highest numbers of new cases, while the highest number of new deaths per million population in the region was reported in South Africa.
In Nigeria, weekly new cases had decreased gradually since September, while deaths had remained relatively low.
Globally, the WHO had to date recorded 46 840 783 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 1 204 028 deaths.
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