Covid19 Update: South Africans Discuss Rising Number of New Cases

Friday, March 19, 2021 at 12:28 PM by Reeshni Chetty

- Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize shares daily updates on the number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa and other statistics

- Over the past week there has been a visible jump in the number of newly-recorded cases in the country

- South Africans have taken to social media to share their thoughts about a possible early third wave

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The number of Covid-19 cases in the country is on a steady incline. Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize releases daily updates of the number of new cases and deaths as well as the total combined numbers since the virus made it's way to SA.

On Monday, 15 March, the number of new Covid-19 cases was 613. On Thursday, 18 March, the number of new cases in the last 24 hours was reported as 1 464. The total number of vaccines administered is sitting at 177 275.

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This means there was a jump of over 800 cases from Monday's report to Thursday's report.

Covid19 Update: Number of daily cases slowly increasing in SA — New Covid-19 cases seem to be steadily increasing and South Africans are worried. Image: Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency
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Take a look at Mkhize's tweet from 15 March below:

Below is the tweet from Thursday, 18 March:

Read some of the responses to Monday's tweet below:

@lesetja2 said:

"Minister please these numbers are under-reported based on the current test this is low. Can you please start with honest results? The 3rd wave peakk is to be around 12 April."

@Lioness79457760 wrote:

"What are the plans to accelerate the vaccine rollout?? We need to start going much faster now surely??"

@2020Mom3 shared:

"The numbers will be high by the end of the week."

Take a look at some of the responses to Thursday's post below:

@PhandleVuyo tweeted:

"The numbers are on the increase Khabazela."

@KaldenOngmu asked:

"The numbers going up again?"

@CrazeeFistaz also asked:

"Why is it rising???"

In other coronavirus-related news, Briefly.co.za recently reported on the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) approving the emergency use of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Sahpra said in a statement that the approval was subject to efficacy and safety surveillance.