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By IOL Reporter 
10h ago
Durban – The National Health Ministry has confirmed that South Africa’s cumulative Covid-19 count is 677,833 with 1,749 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.
On Friday, Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize announced that 1,749 more deaths had been reported.
“Sadly, we reported 43 more Covid-19 related deaths: three in the Eastern Cape, eight in KwaZulu-Natal, eight in Gauteng, eight in the Western Cape, seven in the Northern Cape, and nine in the Free State. This adds up to the total number. from Covid-19-related deaths to 16,909, “he said.
“Our recoveries now amount to 611,044, which translates to a 90% recovery rate and the cumulative number of tests performed to date is 4,229,709 with 20,660 new tests performed since the last report,” added Mkhize. .
# COVID-19 Statistics in SA as of October 02.
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– Dr. Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) October 2, 2020
According to the weekly Covid-19 surveillance report, compiled by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, there has been a decrease in private consultations
“The number of respiratory hospitalizations continues to decline. The proportion of respiratory or Covid-19 hospitalizations at all ages is decreasing, but remains at a very high level among people aged 20 and over. The percentage of visits to the general practitioner and the emergency department coded as respiratory is also decreasing. Differences by province and age group should be interpreted with caution due to low numbers in some groups, “said the NICD.
Other key highlights from NICD’s weekly reports:
Test Summary
This report summarizes the national laboratory tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in South Africa. This report is based on data collected up to September 26, 2020:
- To date, 3,607,151 laboratory tests have been conducted for SARS-CoV-2 nationwide.
- The Northern Cape (307 per 100,000 people) and Free State (241 per 100,000 people) provinces had the highest testing rates in week 39; however, testing rates continued to decline in all provinces.
- The percentage of positive results has decreased weekly from the peak of 31.4% at week 29. At week 39, the percentage of positive results was 11.2%, relatively unchanged from the previous two weeks. Positive test percentages were ≥20% in Northern Cape and Free State, between 10% and 19% in North West, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo, and <10% in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape.
Weekly Epidemiology Summary
This report summarizes data from the national laboratory-based surveillance used to monitor the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. This report is based on data collected up to September 26, 2020:
- To date, 670,766 laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 16,398 deaths have been reported in South Africa.
- From September 20 to September 26, 8,038 new cases of Covid-19 were detected, representing a decrease of 29% compared to the new cases detected the previous week.
- The Gauteng province continued to bear the highest burden of Covid-19 cases in South Africa, accounting for 33% of all cases reported to date. However, in week 39, the Free State Province reported the highest number of new cases (1,655/8 038, 20.6%), replacing Gauteng Province (1,448/8 038, 18.0%), followed by the Northern Cape province (898/8 038, 11.2%).
- In week 39, all provinces reported a decrease in the risk of weekly incidence, compared to week 38, which varied in magnitude by province, the reduction varied from 50 cases per 100,000 people (41% reduction) in Northern Cape Province to 1 case per 100,000 people (9% reduction) in Limpopo Province.
Weekly respiratory pathogens
- The 2020 flu season has not yet started. There has only been a detection of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 in week 24 (week beginning June 8, 2020), since the localized outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 and to a lesser extent influenza B (Victoria) in the Western Cape province, in the first three months of the year.
- Although the 2020 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season has not started, there has been a moderate increase in detection since week 29 (week ending July 19) in the pneumonia surveillance program and to a lesser extent in the ETI program.
- Since the last report, 5 additional patients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, of which 3 were detected in the current report week (week 39) in severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), influenza-like illness (ILI) and viral surveillance. To date, 581 cases have been detected in all surveillance programs, including 51 deaths from SARI, a case fatality rate of 12% (51/421).
All reports can be viewed on the NICD website.
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