Pandemic Shield

Pandemic Shield insurance cover pays out if you are hospitalised with COVID-19 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

[Pandemic Shield @PandemicShield]

@eNCA +++

[Ridhwaan Suliman @rid1tweets]

An update of #COVID19 cases vs hospitalisations vs deaths in South Africa🇿🇦 in comparison to previous wave:

• Cases peaked at 117% of Delta peak, now down to 66% of Delta peak
• Hospitalisations at 60% of Delta peak
• Deaths at 16% of Delta peak

#Omicron #Covid_19 #Covid19SA

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 28 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Current hospital admissions
• ICU and ventilated numbers

[Ridhwaan Suliman @rid1tweets]

Turned! 🙏🏽

Confirmed #COVID19 cases in Gauteng 🇿🇦 now on a decline, having peaked at case incidence of ~67 new cases per 100k, ~90% of delta wave peak, and currently showing a halving time of ~11 days 📉

#Omicron #OmicronVariant #Gauteng #Covid_19

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 19 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• 7 day average of new cases

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 17 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Weekly positivity rates per province
• Weekly testing/100k per province

Public holiday yesterday so testing and cases slightly down today.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 11 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• New admissions per week
• Hospital deaths per week

Highest day of testing ever - first time over 100k.
Another sizeable drop in positivity today.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 10 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Weekly positivity rates per province
• Weekly testing/100k per province

Notable drop in positivity today.
Gauteng average also went down for the first time in just over a month.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 9 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• New cases per million

Gauteng cases looks like they may just be starting to stabilise 🤔

[Ridhwaan Suliman @rid1tweets]

Time for an update of #COVID19 in GAUTENG 🇿🇦

Summary first, thread to follow...
• 11,703 new cases. 7-day avg up 216% with an ever-so-slight bend
See next tweet.
• Test positivity = 35%
• 1990 currently in hospital
• 179 in ICU
• % population vaxxed = 28.7%

#OmicronVariant

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 8 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Excess deaths

Admissions have really taken off over the last week.
Deaths have also been increasing but noticeably slower than previous waves.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 7 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Current hospital admissions

[Mia Malan @miamalan]

[Thread] JUST IN:
1. NEW #OmicronVariant data from the Steve Biko/Tshwane District Hospital Complex via @MRCza. Tshwane = where SA's Omicron outbreak started

1. Data = for the 1st 2 weeks of the outbreak (14-29 Nov)
2. Past 5 days (29 Nov-3 Dec) = exponential increase in cases

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

Vaccines per day in SA

Vaccines started going up again this week after being on a downward slide for quite a while. Hopefully it will continue to go up in the coming week.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 3 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Weekly positivity rates per province
• Weekly testing/100k per province

Quick mention about antigen tests in today's thread.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 2 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• New cases per million

Big increase in Gauteng hospital numbers today but I give a brief explainer in the thread for some context on daily numbers for current admissions and deaths.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 1 DECEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Excess deaths

Much expected increase in cases today but also a big jump in positivity.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 30 NOVEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• Current hospital admissions

Big increase in cases today with numbers really picking up in the smaller provinces around Gauteng... but on the positive side, vaccines are also going back up again.

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 27 NOVEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• New admissions per week
• Hospital deaths per week

[sugan naidoo @sugan2503]

SA COVID UPDATE 21 NOVEMBER

• Changes from yesterday highlighted
• 7 day average of new cases

Gauteng experiencing a sharp rise in cases if you have a look at today's graph.