Over 35 million vaccines administered in Mzansi

On Thursday, May 5, the department of Health reported a new milestone of reaching over 35 million vaccine doses administered countrywide.

However, daily infection rates are increasing at rapid rates. The positivity rate has jumped from 22.6% to 25.9%.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 9,757 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 818 125.

The National Department of Health (NDoH) reports 64 deaths and of these, 7 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,471 to date.

About 24,592,030 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.

Gauteng and KZN dominate in new cases reported

“The majority of new cases are from Gauteng Province (44%) followed by KwaZulu-Natal (24%). Western Cape accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Free State accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; North West accounted for 2%; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively,” the NICD said.