SA records 2,597 new coronavirus infections, 86 fatalities
The majority of these latest fatalities were confirmed during the ongoing audit by the Health Department, meaning that these people died sometime before Friday.
JOHANNESBURG - Another 86 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in South Africa, bringing the country's known COVID-19 death toll since the start of the pandemic to 93,364.
The majority of these latest fatalities were confirmed during the ongoing audit by the Health Department, meaning that these people died sometime before Friday.
The country also recorded up another 2,597 new infections over the past 24-hour cycle, which works out to a positivity rate of 10.6%.
On the vaccine front, just over 28.9 million jabs have been administered so far.
Adults are eligible for a booster shot five months after their second Pfizer dose.
As of today the cumulative number of #COVID19 cases identified in SA is 3 559 230 with 4 597new cases reported. Today 86 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 93 364 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 3 371 with a recovery rate of 94.7% pic.twitter.com/mdtvLSZaKy
Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 16, 2022
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of #COVID19-mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 86 deaths and of these, 25 occurred in the past 24 - 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 93,364 to date.
Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 16, 2022
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 24,399 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 2,597 new cases, which represents a 10.6% positivity rate. A further 25 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 93,364 to date. See more here: https://t.co/iYwiOanKTF pic.twitter.com/MubXTRjvr3
NICD (@nicd_sa) January 16, 2022
