Institute flags upswing in Covid-19 in three provinces
Cases in the Free State, Northern Cape and the North West have increased over the past three weeks, says NICD
21 April 2021 - 19:06
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has flagged a steady increase in Covid-19 cases in the Free State, Northern Cape and the North West over the past three weeks and urged people to step up efforts to prevent transmission as the April school holidays loom.
All three provinces have recorded a sharp rise in the moving seven-day average of new infections, a rise in daily hospital admissions and an uptick in the test positivity rate...
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