SA's third wave: 157 deaths and 17,958 new Covid-19 cases in a day

27 June 2021 - 09:43 By TimesLIVE

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An increase of 449 Covid-19 hospital admissions had been reported in the previous 24 hours.
Image: 123RF / David Cabrera Navarro

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says 17,958 new Covid-19 cases have been identified in SA, representing a 25.6% positivity rate.

Its report, issued on Saturday night, said another 157 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the total number of fatalities related to the pandemic to 59,778.

Gauteng accounted for the majority of new cases (63%), followed by the Western Cape (10%).

An increase of 449 hospital admissions had been reported in SA for the previous 24 hours.

I hate this graph!#DeltaVariant #3rdWave #GautengCOVID19 #FamilyMeeting #Rid1TweetsOnCovid pic.twitter.com/Y98gCTps0i
— Ridhwaan Suliman (@rid1tweets) June 26, 2021

Hospital deaths per week

• There was a big backlog that came through for GP this week hence the big spike, deaths will almost certainly exceed previous wave looking at the rate of admissions
• No significant changes for the rest but most on a gradual upward trend pic.twitter.com/gXP2QvrsVD
— sugan naidoo (@sugan2503) June 26, 2021