The NICD figures from the past week show the devastating impact of the violent riots and looting on Covid-19 testing.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Wednesday:"With the current disruption of some Covid-19 testing sites in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, , individuals who have Covid-19 symptoms who can’t get to testing facilities are asked to try to limit the transmission of the virus by taking precautions and to quarantine if possible."
On Friday, the first day of the violence in KZN, there were 1,684 new infections confirmed. This increased to 1,841 on Saturday, before it dropped to 1,520 on Sunday, to 1,025 on Monday and down to 873 on Tuesday.new Covid-19 infections across SA in the past 24 hours. There were alsoGauteng accounted for most of the new cases, with 7,981 infections. The Western Cape confirmed 3,027 new cases.
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