Pandemic conditions still vary widely worldwide

Global cases update:

• Covid-19 global update: cases have surpassed 352.12 million, while the death toll has breached 5.61 million; recoveries are at 269.85 million.
• The US has 71.92 million cases, accounting for 19% of global cases; the US death toll is 889,197. 
• India has 39.543 million cases and 489,896 deaths; Brazil has 24.04 million cases and 623,145 deaths.
• US infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci sees the Omicron surge as soon peaking.
• However, such a decline is unlikely to be uniform across the US.
• EU countries have reached an agreement not to impose restrictions on vaccinated travellers.
• Hong Kong has reported the highest number of infections in a year.
• New Zealand has tightened restrictions due to rising infections.
• The WHO has cautioned that Omicron’s relatively mild infection rate does not imply the world being out of the danger zone yet. 
• Globally, over 9.92 billion vaccine doses have been administered across 184 countries at a rate of 36.3 million doses a day.

Africa cases update:

• Africa’s Covid-19 cases are at 10.74 million; fatalities are at 236,819.
• Morocco has 1.09 million reported cases, Nigeria 252,187, Ghana 155,496, Kenya 320,229.
• There are still concerns about the impact of the pandemic on Africa, with vaccination rates still the lowest in the world. 
• Only 7% of Africa's population has received a jab.

South Africa cases update:

• SA has the 19th highest caseload, at 3.581 million; 1,931 new cases were reported yesterday.
• Active cases are at 75,627; KwaZulu-Natal leads the way, with 35,386 active cases, followed by the Western Cape with 9,270.
• Covid-19 deaths rose by 114 yesterday, to 94,177; 3.411 million people (or 95.3%) have recovered from the virus.
• 22.025 million tests have been conducted since 5 March 2020; 22,567 tests were conducted yesterday; the SA positivity rate is 8,6%.
• 29.369 million vaccines have been administered in SA to date; 5,120 vaccines were administered yesterday.
• 16.262 million people, or 40.86% of the adult population, have been fully vaccinated.

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