More than 5 855 people tested positive for Covid19 in South Africa on Friday, as 281 more died from the virus, but the Health Department said the virus was showing signs of a ’sustained downward trend’. ThirdWave Coronavirus
JOHANNESBURG: More than 5 855 people tested positive for Covid-19 in South Africa on Friday, as 281 more died from the virus, but the Health Department said the virus was showing signs of a “sustained downward trend”.
“This increase represents a 10.3% positivity rate,” said National Institute for Communicable Diseases spokesperson Sinenhlanhla Jimoh. In terms of the spread of the virus across the country, KZN, the Western Cape, and the Eastern Cape were the top three provinces, with the highest proportion of infections.
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