{"id":41587,"date":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=64f840bcaf0caf20fa272ac96245bac9"},"modified":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"sa-records-553-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/sa-records-553-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 553 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa on Monday recorded 553 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 732 628.<\/p>\n
The increase represents a 5% positivity rate.<\/p>\n
The Department of Health says it has reported two deaths, and of these, one occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100 098.<\/p>\n
To date, 24 071 305 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n
In the private sector, 13 091 268 tests have been conducted, while in the public sector, 10 980 037 tests were conducted.<\/p>\n
The majority of new cases reported are from Gauteng with 50%, followed by Western Cape with 18%.<\/p>\n
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 17% of the new cases, Mpumalanga 5%, Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 3%, Free State and North West each accounted for 2% and the Northern Cape accounted for 1%.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Africa on Monday recorded 553 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 732 628.The increase represents a 5% positivity rate.The Department of Health says it has reported two deaths, and of these, one oc…<\/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":"\n