{"id":3046,"date":"2022-05-11T09:48:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2022-05-11T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:54:07","slug":"sa-reports-7-523-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/05\/11\/sa-reports-7-523-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA reports 7 523 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa has recorded 7 523 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3&nbsp;852 148.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase represents a 23.0% positivity rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, the National Department of Health (NDoH) reports 26 deaths and of these, eight occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100 559 to date,\u201d the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (38%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (24%). The Western Cape accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape 8%; Free State 5%; North West 4%; Mpumalanga 3%, and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% of the new cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe proportion of positive new cases\/total new tested today is (23.0%), and is higher than yesterday (18.7%). The 7-day average is (24.7%) today, and is higher than yesterday (24.0%),\u201d the NICD said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last 24 hours, there has been an increase of 148 hospital admissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa has to date conducted 24\u00a0726\u00a0029 COVID-19 tests in both public and private sectors. <\/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: 32,756 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 7,523 new cases, representing a 23.0% positivity rate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HealthZA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HealthZA<\/a> reports 26 deaths; of which 8 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,559.  More here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/egjYF466a6\">https:\/\/t.co\/egjYF466a6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkL8ITVned\">pic.twitter.com\/jkL8ITVned<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NICD (@nicd_sa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicd_sa\/status\/1524060206140903431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo:&nbsp;<\/em>Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has recorded 7 523 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3&nbsp;852 148. This increase represents a 23.0% positivity rate. \u201cToday, the National Department of Health (NDoH) reports 26 deaths and of these, eight occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. 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