Last night President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation regarding COVID-19 in South Africa.
The address focused on four different topics, but two in particular are of importance in our view, with the president announcing new initiatives on the weekend to drive vaccinations and moving the country to adjusted alert level 1 lockdown.
The former announcement makes sense given the slowing turnout at vaccination sites this past week, along with the first group of people who went for vaccinations when those aged 18 and over were made eligible, now due for their second dose.
As such, we’re hoping that turnout in the coming days and weekends will be greater as the country pushes to vaccinate its population.
As for adjusted level 1 lockdown, it brings with it some logistical changes, such as increasing the limit for people attending events by threefold and widening the hours at which alcohol can be imbibed.
Looking at the latest report from the National Department of Health (NDoH) as we begin a new month, the past 24 hours has seen 1 678 cases recorded as the total number of infections to date rises to 2 902 672.
Added to this is 101 fatalities being reported, as the death toll related to COVID-19 in South Africa increases to 87 626.
Shifting back to the vaccine rollout, the past 24 hours has seen 146 190 jabs administered,. As of 17:00 on 30th September, a total of 17 505 358 vaccines have been administered across the country.
The full outlook for COVID-19 in South Africa follows on below:
Provinces | Confirmed Cases | Recoveries | Active cases | Deaths |
Western Cape | 509 801 | 487 956 | 2 054 | 19 791 |
Eastern Cape | 290 410 | 273 166 | 2 393 | 14 851 |
Northern Cape | 90 734 | 82 766 | 5 785 | 2 183 |
Free State | 161 339 | 148 378 | 6 249 | 6 712 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 511 794 | 478 971 | 18 238 | 14 585 |
North West | 149 490 | 142 413 | 2 933 | 4 144 |
Mpumalanga | 150 900 | 148 043 | 891 | 1 966 |
Gauteng | 916 377 | 895 032 | 1 955 | 19 390 |
Limpopo | 121 827 | 116 619 | 1 204 | 4 004 |
Unknown | 0 | |||
TOTAL | 2 902 672 | 2 773 344 | 41 702 | 87 626 |
As always, in order to stay up to date with the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and abroad, we advise the following materials and platforms:
- COVID-19 Connect on WhatsApp – add 0600 123 456 as a contact and say “Hi”.
- World Health Organisation
- SA Coronavirus website
- SA Government
- SA Presidency
[Image – Photo by Marcel Eberle on Unsplash]