Covid-19 | There has been a 67% spike in Covid-19 cases over the past week – with a 21% uptick in testing and a 19.7% positivity rate
There has been a 67% spike in Covid-19 cases over the past week – with a 21% uptick in testing and a 19.7% positivity rate.
Simelane said it was the first time in months that the number of new infections in KwaZulu-Natal threatened to reach the 2 000 a day mark as the latest figures had pushed the seven-day average from 414 to 1 171. In terms of the province’s emergency early warning system, a 10% increase in cases over a seven-day average will trigger an alert, while a 20% increase in cases may trigger a resurgence.
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