SA COVID-19: Over 13 000 new cases and 523 deaths recorded
The country’s daily COVID-19 death toll continues to climb. The health department said 523 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.
It said 13,751 more people have tested positive for the virus.
The Western Cape has overtaken Gauteng as the province with the highest daily infection rate.
Just under 4,000 people in that province have tested positive, compared to 3,655 in Gauteng.
Almost 56,000 tests were conducted in the last reporting period and over 7,700 people have recovered from the virus.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 55 923 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 13 751 new cases, which represents a 24.6% positivity rate. A further 523 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 71 431 to date. Read more: https://t.co/wNbSHRG6fj pic.twitter.com/sXLtBwp6g4
— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 29, 2021
There has been an increase of 598 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, a decrease from yesterday’s new hospital admissions. A total of 15,964 people are in hospital due to #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/5UQIF7igBu
— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) July 29, 2021
Out of the 13,751 new #Covid19 cases 3,655 is in Gauteng.
KZN reporting 1900 new cases
Western Cape: 3968 pic.twitter.com/8i2NnO2xry— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) July 29, 2021
-eNCA
In other news – SO SAD: Limpopo woman kidnapped while looking for lift at Sasol garage, gang raped for 19 days & dumped in Mpumalanga
A woman is traumatized after she was kidnapped and repeatedly raped over 19 days. The woman said her horrific ordeal started on 4 July, when she got a lift from three men she met at a filling station in Tzaneen, Limpopo.
She said she thought they would drop her off near her house but they kidnapped her and turned her into a s.e.x slave. The 26-year-old farmworker said she had earlier been shopping at Tzaneen Mall. Learn More
