{"id":42819,"date":"2022-03-04T09:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?p=42819"},"modified":"2022-03-04T09:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:05:06","slug":"covid-19-cases-on-a-decline-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/covid-19-cases-on-a-decline-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 cases on a decline in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/728990751129321472\/profile_1.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>TDPel Media<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has experienced a 20% reduction in new COVID-19 cases in the last week, from 16 000 a week to 12 800 a week. Gauteng is still the leading province with 38.4% of new cases followed by the Western Cape at 20% and KwaZulu-Natal at 15.5%. According to the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, in the past week all provinces have reported a decline in weekly incidence risk except for KwaZulu-Natal which showed no change. \u201cThe percentage testing positive in the last week was highest in Mpumalanga at 14% followed by Western Cape at 12.6%, North West at 10.5% while all other provinces had a &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/872400025259556864?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by TDPel Media South Africa has experienced a 20% reduction in new COVID-19 cases in the last week, from 16 000 a week to 12 800 a week. Gauteng is still the leading province with 38.4% of new cases followed by the Western Cape at 20% and KwaZulu-Natal at 15.5%. 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