{"id":49924,"date":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=03ea270ba43516b11af82ddacdc2a446"},"modified":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","slug":"sa-records-11-106-new-covid-19-cases-and-110-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/sa-records-11-106-new-covid-19-cases-and-110-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 11 106 new COVID-19 cases and 110 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa recorded 11 106 new COVID-19 cases and 110 deaths, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Wednesday.<\/P>
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This means the country now has 3 494 696 confirmed infections and 91 561 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.<\/P>
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According to the latest data, KwaZulu-Natal continues to report the highest number of infections after 2 863 people tested positive in the last 24 hours.<\/P>
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The province is followed by 2 834 cases in the Western Cape, 2 156 in Gauteng and 1 228 in the Eastern Cape, pushing the positivity rate to 22.2%.<\/P>
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In addition, hospital admissions have increased by 349 to 8 887 since the last reporting cycle.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, the Department of Health has administered 64 724 vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 28 164 339 since the start of the rollout programme.<\/P>
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Data shows that 14 940 doses were given to children, which means there are now 947 167 jabs distributed to adolescents.<\/P>
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In addition, the department said there are now 15 702 030 adults who are fully vaccinated in the country.<\/P>
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Globally, as of 5 January 2022, there have been 293 750 692 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5 454 131 deaths reported to the World Health Organisation.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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South Africa recorded 11 106 new COVID-19 cases and 110 deaths, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Wednesday.This means the country now has 3 494 696 confirmed infections and 91 561 fatalities since the start of the pandemi…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n