{"id":1962,"date":"2022-02-02T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2022-02-02T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:06:50","slug":"sa-records-3-085-cases-23-deaths-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/sa-records-3-085-cases-23-deaths-in-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 3 085 cases, 23 deaths in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa has conducted 35 067 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, with 3 085 new cases, representing an 8.8% positivity rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of new cases continue to be recorded in Gauteng after 1 001 people tested positive, followed by 419 infections in KwaZulu-Natal and 427 in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means the country now has 3 608 307 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the death toll stands at 95 288 after 195 fatalities were logged, of which 23 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the number of hospital admissions jumped by 103 on Tuesday to 5 194.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Department of Health, government has administered 29 957 898 vaccine doses, of which 69 268 were given on Monday.<\/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: 35,067 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 3,085 new cases, representing an 8.8% positivity rate. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HealthZA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HealthZA<\/a> reports 195 deaths, of which 23 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. Total fatalities are 95,288 to date. More here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XVkLJBFzb1\">https:\/\/t.co\/XVkLJBFzb1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZNb0XNVcVy\">pic.twitter.com\/ZNb0XNVcVy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NICD (@nicd_sa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicd_sa\/status\/1488557813450387457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 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 conducted 35 067 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, with 3 085 new cases, representing an 8.8% positivity rate. 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