{"id":1915,"date":"2022-01-31T09:29:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2022-01-31T09:29:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:29:19","slug":"sa-records-2-226-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/01\/31\/sa-records-2-226-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 2 226 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa has recorded 2 226 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 603 856.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The increase represents a 9.5% positivity rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Health has reported 117 deaths and of these, 15 occurred in the past 24 \u2013 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95 022 to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department says there has been an increase of 23 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, says it continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With regard to the tests conducted, 22 251 589 tests were conducted in both public and private sectors.<\/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: 23,347 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 2,226 new cases, representing an 9.5% positivity rate. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HealthZA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HealthZA<\/a> reports 117 deaths, of which 15 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. Total fatalities are 95,022  to date. More here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oZeV18TGgN\">https:\/\/t.co\/oZeV18TGgN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jeaHJPtYfz\">pic.twitter.com\/jeaHJPtYfz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NICD (@nicd_sa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicd_sa\/status\/1487833008807817221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo<\/em>: Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded 2 226 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 603 856. The increase represents a 9.5% positivity rate. 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