{"id":52236,"date":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=3164fd5a3b30cc61d2fead1157d7a437"},"modified":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"the-minister-said-that-these-cases-were-recorded-from-six-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/the-minister-said-that-these-cases-were-recorded-from-six-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"The minister said that these cases were recorded from six regions."},"content":{"rendered":"
Health minister, Kalumbi Shangula, announced an increase of 37.9 per cent in COVID-19 cases during the period of 01 to 07 May, when 40 positive cases were recorded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to an update issued yesterday, the minister said the number of positive COVID-19 cases increased from 28.8 per cent in the week prior to the reported period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He added that the number of COVID-19 tests increased by 94 per cent compared to the previous week, where only 152 tests were conducted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The minister said that these cases were recorded from six regions, from which the Ohangwena, Oshikoto, Oshana and Hardap regions had not recorded any cases the previous week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Shangula added that out of the 40 positive cases, seven received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, 14 were fully vaccinated, four received booster doses, two were not eligible for the vaccine while 17 cases were not vaccinated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: The Namibia Press Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Health minister, Kalumbi Shangula, announced an increase of 37.9 per cent in COVID-19 cases during the period of 01 to 07 May, when 40 positive cases were recorded.According to an update issued yesterday, the minister said the number of positive COVID…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n