Covid 19
SA sets new daily record with 17,710 COVID infections
The nation's economic hub, Gauteng, accounts for the highest number of new infections followed by the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
About 4.4% of the city's 11 million residents had developed antibodies against the pathogen causing COVID-19 by April, the report by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said.
The Department of Health has on Tuesday also announced a dramatic rise in the daily death toll with 497 more people dying with the virus.
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini -Zuma, Zweli Mkhize and Bheki Cele will at 10 am lead a media briefing on the COVID-19 restrictions, regulations and enforcement.
The health department announced that over 6.4 million tests have been conducted thus far - with 23,707 of those completed in the last 24-hour cycle.
Speaking on 28 December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The president said alcohol consumption was a major contributing factor to the spread of the virus.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country will be moving back to level three restrictions with some adjustments. Ramaphosa said this was essential in the fight against COVID-19 and was necessary in order to reduce the burden on health care workers. This comes after the country breached the 1 million mark of infections.
China, where the virus first emerged around a year ago, largely contained its outbreak, and its economy has roared back to life.
The Regional Train Traffic Control and Management Centre had to shut down on Sunday as a precautionary measure due to a COVID-19 infection case there.
For many in the world's richest country, 2020 was the year that seemed never-ending -- an infinite series of horror movie sequels shaking the economy, politics and society itself.
The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department officials embarked on a mission to ensure compliance with lockdown regulations over the festive season in Johannesburg on Wednesday. #COVID-19 #Lockdown #Compliance
Health officials reported 29,935 new infections, bringing the country's caseload to 2,963,688 -- the fourth-highest in the world.
After a grinding pandemic year that has seen more than 1.7 million people die from COVID-19, a slew of new outbreaks are a stark reminder that despite emergency vaccine roll-outs, life is unlikely to return to normal quickly.
Those deaths take the total number of people in the country who've died with COVID-19 to 25,246.
Religious leaders have raised concerns over whether the country will have the emotional strength to fight this new variant.
The number of infected people in the country has jumped to 930,711 - with 8,789 new infections reported in the past 24 hours.
She’s been working an average of 79 hours in five days to help save lives at her overburdened, short staffed hospital.
Western Cape health head Dr Keith Cloete said it was a nightmare for medical staff reliving another uptick in COVID-19 cases where no one was safe.
The Western Cape has recorded the highest daily infection rate, topping more than 3,000, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, which is not far behind that 3,000 mark.