{"id":39094,"date":"2022-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=10a2f0c3aeefed1e8d2876fc3bdea644"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:16:38","slug":"sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 12 979 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded 12 979 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed cases to 3 446 532.<\/p>\n<p>This increase represents a 28.1% positivity rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs per the National Department of Health, a further 126 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total <a href=\"http:\/\/dailynewspublisher.com\">fatalities<\/a> to 91 061 to date,\u201d the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (27%), followed by Western Cape (26%).<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape accounted for 12%; Free State accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 4%; while Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Northern Cape each accounted for 3% respectively of the new cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proportion of positive new cases\/total new tested today is 28.1% which is higher than yesterday (26.0%). The 7-day average is 26.0% today, which is lower than yesterday (26.1%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased,\u201d the NICD said.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an increase of 472 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 21 187 864 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<p>To date South Africa has administered 27 955 112 vaccines, with 38 880 vaccines being administered in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded 12 979 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed cases to 3 446 532.This increase represents a 28.1% positivity rate.\u201cAs per the National Department of Health, a further 126 COVID-19 related deaths h&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SA records 12 979 new COVID-19 cases - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SA records 12 979 new COVID-19 cases - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Africa has recorded 12 979 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed cases to 3 446 532.This increase represents a 28.1% positivity rate.\u201cAs per the National Department of Health, a further 126 COVID-19 related deaths h...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-31T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T12:16:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sjadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5258049232dc72b42ad1073df5c990f\"},\"headline\":\"SA records 12 979 new COVID-19 cases\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-31T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T12:16:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\",\"name\":\"SA records 12 979 new COVID-19 cases - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-31T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T12:16:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-12-979-new-covid-19-cases\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SA records 12 979 new COVID-19 cases\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; 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