{"id":1511,"date":"2021-12-10T10:03:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:03:23","slug":"sa-records-over-22-000-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/sa-records-over-22-000-new-covid-19-cases-in-the-past-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records over 22 000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa has recorded 22 391 new COVID-19 cases, representing a 29.8% positivity rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means there are now 3 093 452 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This as there has been19 988 045 tests conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gauteng recorded the highest number of infections after 11 791 people tested positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The province is followed by 2 756 cases in KwaZulu-Natal, 2 194 in the Western Cape, 1 308 in the North West, 1008 in Free State and 1 055 in Limpopo. The rest of the provinces recorded less than 1 000 additional infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> UPDATE: A total of 75,251 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 22,391 new cases, which represents a 29.8% positivity rate. A further 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 90,060 to date. See more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ES97zVRE7W\">https:\/\/t.co\/ES97zVRE7W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pK9H3KDalS\">pic.twitter.com\/pK9H3KDalS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NICD (@nicd_sa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicd_sa\/status\/1468988899401912333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded 22 391 new COVID-19 cases, representing a 29.8% positivity rate. This means there are now 3 093 452 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday. This as there has been19 988 045 tests conducted. 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