COVID-19 South Africa

Epidemic & Pandemic Updates

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

@ctahan @EricTopol The first positive tests were from 4 international diplomats, who travelled to S. Africa from Botswana.

Pretoria, where most embassies are located, is the current COVID hotspot.

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

@whulsbergen @Etherians999 @JoshuaPotash Four international diplomats, who travelled to South Africa from Botswana tested positive for NU variant.

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

@heemas33 Taking action without considering all the facts is futile. The 4 fully vaxxed travellers were all international diplomats from undisclosed locations.

The 1st South Africans who tested positive, were students whose residential areas are surrounded by embassies.

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

@sajidjavid @UKHSA Can you please ask Botswana to disclose of the origins of this 4 diplomats?

[Jodi Allemeier 🌇 @urbanjodi]

@parvapaul @piersmorgan The four people who had it Botswana were international diplomats who only arrived in Botswana on 6 Nov and who’s country of origin is conveniently being kept secret…

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

@Sun_raindrops @AlamoOnTheRise @SallyProvan @sophiasusie @JoshuaPotash There were 2 cases detected in Hong Kong. The other case was from someone who travelled from Canada.

The Belgium case was from someone who travelled from Egypt.

Israel had 4 cases, and 1 was from someone who travelled from Malawi. The other 3 cases, undisclosed locations.

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

@JoshuaPotash @POTUS45 @POTUS @BorisJohnson @EmmanuelMacron @JustinTrudeau @EU_Commission @Canada

@BBCNews @AJEnglish @ajplus @SkyNews

@CDCgov @WHO

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

Hospitalisation By Facility 21/07 - 12 August 21

Private Sector
- Current Adm. 7 385 ⎮-2 225
- ICU 2 004 ⎮-56
- Ventilated 977 ⎮-62

Public
- Current Adm. 7 285 ⎮-391
- ICU 300 ⎮+58
- Ventilated 228 ⎮ -53

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

Hospital Admissions By Hotspots: 20/07 - 12 August 21

• There is an increase in the number of hospital admissions in eThekwini & Tygerberg sub-districts.

* The table below provides a breakdown of hospital admissions in hotspots by sub/districts, & facility.

[Brent Lindeque @BrentLindeque]

We’re at 5,09%!!! And 2,982,952 South Africans are now completely vaccinated!!!

Here is today’s vaccine dashboard (2 August 2021).

We created the “vaccine information” portal on @GoodThingsGuy to track where we are as a country.

Visit the page here: https://t.co/IwJXSqF8Ac

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

Hospitalisation By Facility 21/07

Private Sector
- Current Adm. 9 610
- ICU 2 060
- Ventilated 1 039

Public
- Current Adm. 7 676
- ICU 242
- Ventilated 281

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

Hospital Admissions By Hotspots: 20/21 July 21

• +/- where there's a significant ↓ or ↑.
• There's an uptick in KZN.
• GP's admissions have declined in the past 5 days.

* The table below provides a breakdown of hospital admissions in hotspots by sub/districts, & facility.

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

- NC: 7 548 ; 1 639 + tests. 21.7%
- EC: 25 070 ; 4 191 positive tests. 16.7%
- KZN: 58 908; 10 755 + tests. 18.3%

Testing Rate
• 12,398,696 PCR and 1,444,424 antigen tests conducted.
• GP: Highest test rate at 1,090 per 100k persons
• Limpopo:Lowest at 341 per 100k persons

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

#Covid19SA Provincial Statistics: 19/7/2021

- New tests 26 407, ↓11 881
- 27.3% positivity rate. WHO recommends 5%.
- Case fatality rate 3.31%
- 533 Hospital admissions

Vaccination Rollout
- Daily Vaccinator 223,969

#Day481OfLockdown

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

Testing Data: 4 - 10 July 2021

- LP: 19 933 tests; 10 272 + tests. 51.5% positivity rate
- GP: 168 795 tests ; 66 021 + tests. 39.1%
- NW: 25 248 ; 9 873 + tests. 39.1%
- MP: 20 617; 7 833 + tests . 38%
- WC: 59 361 ; 16 167 + tests. 27.2%
- FS: 15545; 3 571 + tests. 23%

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

2/2 Gauteng Public Vaccination Sites:

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

Vaccinations Sites: 19-23 July

Western Cape Metro:

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

2/1 Gauteng Public Vaccination Sites:

[COVID-19 South Africa @SouthCovid]

#Covid19SA Provincial Statistics: 18/7/2021

- Case fatality rate 3.29%

New Cases: 12 - 18 July 2021
- There was a slight increase in the number of new cases in Northern and Eastern Cape.

Vaccination Roll Out
- Vaccinated in the last 24 hours: 16 351

#Day479OfLockdown