The highest Covid-19 positivity rate is now among children between 10 and 14, health minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday.
The highest Covid-19 positivity rate is now among children between 10 and 14.
Also of concern is that more than 10-million cases have been registered globally in the last week, as well as an official death toll in a week of 60,000 with the actual number likely being much higher. Deaths have dropped by 28% “but we wish nobody was still dying from Covid-19”, said Phaahla, adding that the official total of fatalities is 99,499 and the recovery rate is 96.6%
“The positivity rate was 7% yesterday but we are hoping to see a more sustained decline,” said Phaahla.“All provinces have reported a decline except for KZN which showed no change in risk incidence,” said Phaahla. The minister said 48% of the adult population had received at least one jab, and that “this is a far cry from the 78% we had hoped for in terms of population immunity”.
He said mandates remained a “difficult topic” and discussions were still under way but the “undisputed fact is that the more we vaccinate the more we can open up the economy.”
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