After more than two years, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and National Department of Health will stop publishing daily updates on Covid-19 cases and deaths in South Africa.
It thanked South Africans for their ongoing support and interest in the reports.
The health department told MyBroadband that if the number of Covid-19 cases or deaths increased to a point where day-to-day comparisons became relevant again, it would re-introduce daily reporting.on Thursday, the NICD said the country had recorded 318 new cases of Covid-19 in the preceding 24 hours. Active cases stood at 4,931.
The total number of deaths officially related to Covid-19 reached 101,977, with ten new deaths added to the count. However, no deaths had occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. It should be noted that the official death toll likely undercounts the number of people who died due to the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa and should be viewed in the context of the South African Medical Research Council’s The council estimates that 85% to 95% of the excess natural deaths were attributable to Covid-19.
The remaining 5–15% are considered attributable to collateral causes, probably mainly due to the overwhelming of South Africa’s health services during surges in the pandemic.
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