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COVID-19 Updates » South Africa Breaches 18,000 Mark for New Daily Covid-19 Cases

South Africa Breaches 18,000 Mark for New Daily Covid-19 Cases


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January 1, 2021 at 9:44 AM

South Africa on New Year’s for the first time breached the 18 000 mark for new daily Covid-19 cases and 436 more Covid-19 related deaths have been reported. The country has now recorded a cumulative total of 1 057 161 cases, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday

“Previously we warned that this second wave will dwarf the first wave and indeed this is the case as we witness a steep climb in numbers of active cases,“ said Mkhize, who was attending a candle lighting ceremony at King Edward Hospital in Durban.

“Despite performing of 55 000 tests in the past 24 hours, the positivity rate is 32,5%. We keep highlighting this point because this indicates that the virus is spreading so fast that it is outpacing our ability to detect it, even with good turnaround times,” Mkhize said.

The Health Minister said that 28 469 South Africans are known to have succumbed to Covid-19 this year, amongst those were 436 public health care workers.

A cumulative total of 43 124 health care workers have been infected with Covid-19, with 687 new cases in KwaZulu-Natal in the past week, he added.

“Every time a health care worker becomes infected with COVID, we lose at least 10 days of labour, so desperately needed during this time. We may lose these precious resources for longer if they become ill and need to be treated and isolated for longer. We may lose them forever if they succumb to Covid-19.
“But more importantly, health care workers are not just labour for the health care system- they are active members of society, breadwinners, community leaders, counsellors and role models. We must do everything to protect our health care workers,” Mkhize said.