Low positivity rate bodes well for SA – Health Committee chairperson
Health Portfolio Committee chairperson Dr Kenneth Jacobs said on Monday that the low percent Covid-19 positivity rate indicates that the level of coronavirus transmission relative to the amount of testing is low.
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported that South Africa had exited the third wave, according to the current definition.
The NICD reported 967 new Covid-19 cases in the country, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 896 943, which represents a 5% positivity rate.
Jacobs said the 5% positivity rate for Covid-19 infection boded well for the lives and livelihoods of South Africans.
“We are emerging from a very difficult time in South Africa's history. We saw the challenges experienced with coronavirus infections and experienced the passing of many fellow South Africans. We have seen the strain on our healthcare system, our hospitals and on our healthcare workers during the peaks of the three waves,” said Jacobs.
He commended the Department of Health and its leadership for the vaccine roll-out programme.
“The South African nation is a resilient nation and we will be victorious against this virus. Vaccination saves lives. Let us all go and be vaccinated,” added Jacobs.
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