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Israel is banning visitors from South Africa over Covid-19 concerns.
- The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 is fast approaching 1 million, with 26,521 deaths recorded.
- Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has revealed that 994,911 people tested positive across the country.
- Between December 10 and 26, 17,934 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country.
The number of people who test positive for Covid-19 is rapidly approaching one million, with 26,521 deaths recorded.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed that 994,911 people tested positive across the country.
Mkhize said 11,552 new cases had been identified since the last report.
“A total of 6,415,824 tests have been conducted with 37,817 tests completed since the last report. Unfortunately, today we report 245 more Covid-19 related deaths: Eastern Cape (118), Gauteng (12), KwaZulu-Natal (57 ), Mpumalanga (three) and Western Cape (55), bringing the total to 26,521 deaths.
“We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and we thank the health workers who treated the deceased. Our recoveries currently amount to 839,194,” Mkhize said.
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Meanwhile, between December 10 and 26, 17,934 Covid-19 patients were admitted throughout the country, according to data reported by 623 hospitals to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.
Approximately 10,906 patients were discharged during the same time period; 3 155 had died while in the hospital during the same time period.
Until December 26, 10,401 people were admitted: 958 were in the ICU and 293 were on a ventilator.
This was the highest number of concurrent admissions reported at any time.
Around 131,178 people were admitted to the hospital since March and 97,837 were discharged, while 22,828 in-hospital deaths were recorded.
Comparatively, between November 10 and December 10, 15,909 people were admitted, 3 147 hospital deaths were reported, and 13,061 people were discharged.
This meant that in the last two weeks, since December 10, more new patients were admitted and more patients died than in the previous 30-day period.
Additional reporting by Kyle Cowan.
